Michigan UIA wrongfully included four reasons on PUA application, now asking claimants to re-certify FOX 17 News and last updated 2021-07-13 17:14:16-04 LANSING, Mich. â Michiganâs Unemployment Insurance Agency is asking 648,000 claimants to re-certify for benefits if they signed up and were approved for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. At the beginning of the pandemic, the state mistakenly included four reasons for filing for unemployment benefits, but did not get approval from the U.S. Department of Labor â nor were the reasons provided by the USDOL. Because of that error, people who selected one of the non-qualifying reasons were approved for PUA and paid. The UIA now must re-evaluate those claims to make sure people are qualified.