Who is covered under Idaho’s unemployment insurance laws?
Idaho’s unemployment insurance program was first instituted during the Great Depression as part of a national program to provide temporary financial assistance to eligible unemployed workers. Nationally, each state’s unemployment insurance program is administrated by a State Employment Security Agency under state law but subject to minimum federal standards. Unemployment insurance laws cover 98 percent of nonfarm wage and salary employment and approximately 96 percent of the wage and salary civilian labor force. Under Idaho’s unemployment insurance laws, “covered” employees are included in the quarterly census if they worked or received pay for the pay period that included the 12th day of the month.
