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UIA Update: Michigan begins paying $300 supplemental benefit payments
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The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has started issuing $300 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments to an estimated 365,000 claimants on regular state unemployment insurance (UI) and Extended Benefit programs, (Courtesy Photo/Pixabay)
LANSING The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has started issuing $300 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) payments to an estimated 365,000 claimants on regular state unemployment insurance (UI) and Extended Benefit programs this weekend.
The PUC supplement, which is payable from Dec. 27, 2020 through March 13, 2021, provides an additional $300 per week to all eligible unemployment recipients who receive at least $1 for the week. Claimants do not need to take any action to receive this additional weekly benefit, it will be paid automatically after they certify. The additional payment comes from an
Who Needs to Know
All employers attempting to recall or hire employees currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits who may be eligible for extended benefits, and employers who may conduct future furloughs, layoffs, or job eliminations.
Why It Matters
DOL’s guidance explains the extension of COVID-19 unemployment benefits and the additional requirements imposed on individuals and states under the new law.
As previously covered, of the many programs and initiatives included in the $900 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), some of the most pertinent for employers included extensions of federal unemployment insurance benefits related to COVID-19. Now, DOL provides additional guidance to states implementing the programs in the form of three updated Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPL) offering insight into how the extensions will work in practice.
Organizing the Unemployed
A replicable strategy for organizing the jobless on a mass scale has yet to emerge. The future may depend on finding one. Waiting in line to file for unemployment benefits in Frankfort, Kentucky (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)
At the beginning of November, a million Americans filed new unemployment claims within a single week. Over 20 million were already receiving benefits. While the unemployment rate came down to 6.9 percent in October, that figure elides those whoâve dropped out of the labor force altogether. Indeed, many job losses considered âtemporaryâ in the spring have been reclassified as âpermanent.â At the time of writing, 13 million Americans stood to lose unemployment benefits theyâd been receiving through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs the day after Christmas. For many households, these emergen