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Michigan: 350K who got unemployment aid won’t have to repay By David Eggert LANSING, Mich. (AP) - About 350,000 Michigan residents who received federal unemployment aid will not have to repay benefits even though the state told them that it mistakenly approved some eligibility reasons at the start of the pandemic. The Unemployment Insurance Agency said Friday that it will waive overpayments for the group, including many who might no longer be collecting benefits. They are among nearly 600,...

Updated: 4:55 PM EDT June 23, 2021 Starting June 30, the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) will reopen to in-person appointments at 12 local offices, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announced Wednesday.  Michigan residents can schedule appointments beginning June 23. Each appointment is 15-minutes long and may be scheduled up to a week in advance. The offices are open for appointments Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Walk-ins will no...

The Michigan League for Public Policy report focused on eligibility requirements and said too many people are ineligible compared with other states.

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency plans to reopen its 12 offices by mid-July after an over 15-month closure and a record number of claimants.

How employers feel about unemployment work-search rule being put back in place Tags:  Officials hope the change will help fill thousands of open positions that are available across Metro Detroit. All seven of the state’s Republican U.S. House members wrote a letter to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday urging a halt to the extra payment, which is on top of maximum state benefits of $362 per week. They said the benefits incentivize people who are unemployed to not return to work. The ...

ABC 10/CW5 LANSING, Mich. — The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) will reinstate work search requirements for unemployment benefit claimants starting May 30, 2021. The work search requirement was suspended in March 2020 to help the increased volume of hardworking Michiganders facing unemployment due to the pandemic. To remain eligible for benefits, claimants must actively seek work and report at least one work search activity for each week they claim benefits. A work search activity could ...

Applying for the new Clean Slate program Participating in reemployment services through Michigan Works! or creating an account on job search sites such as MiTalent.org. Work search is required for those receiving benefits under the state’s regular unemployment insurance program as well as federal benefit programs. If an individual has an approved waiver, they are exempt from the work search requirement. There are COVID- specific exemptions for people who are self-employed, unable to work d...

Unemployment benefits cut short for more than 300,000 during pandemic, study says CNBC 5 hrs ago Greg Iacurci States generally pay extra weeks of unemployment benefits when their "insured unemployment rate" exceeds 5%. But this metric doesnt accurately reflect long-term unemployment, according to the California Policy Lab. More than 300,000 Americans in 33 states were prematurely cut off from benefits as a result, the group found. © Provided by CNBC Outdoor dining tents u...

About 100,000 likely fraudulent unemployment claims have been filed in Michigan since Friday, Michigans Unemployment Insurance Agency said Wednesday. Those claims, which were for the federal program called Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), were stopped for identity verification and not issued payments, the agency said. Claims are filed using previously stolen or fraudulent personal information, and no personal data from claimants has been stolen. “Because of the additional fraud protec...

100,000 Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Filed In Michigan Liza Estlund Olson, acting director of the Unemployment Insurance Agency, stated in a press release, "Because of the additional fraud protections we developed last year at the onset of these coordinated attacks on state unemployment agencies, these fraudulent claims have been stopped and no payments have been sent. We continue to be vigilant in protecting the integrity of the system and the benefits for those who rightfully deserve them.�...