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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 include: Submitting a job application. Applying for the new Clean Slate program Participating in ree...

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 due to COVID-19, and parents with children attending school remotely because the school is closed. Cl...

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 doesn't 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 under constructions in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 5, 2021. More than 300,000 Americans lost unempl...

About 100,000 likely fraudulent unemployment claims have been filed in Michigan since Friday, Michigan's 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 protections we developed last year at the onset of these coordinated attacks on state unemployment agenci...

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.” The Unemployment Insurance Agency told the Detroit Free Press that fake claims are filed using p...