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LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), like other states across the country, remains under attack by criminals. Since Friday, April 2, Michigan has seen a dramatic increase in new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims likely filed by criminals that have been halted for identity verification. No payments have been sent to the approximately 100,000 flagged claims. “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 st...

Adrienne Roberts and Sarah Alvarez Detroit Free Press and Outlier Media A stimulus package signed into law Thursday by President Joe Biden will extend unemployment benefits through the fall, bringing relief to the hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents who have been out of work in the pandemic. As thousands of new jobless claims roll in weekly and the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency works to implement the unemployment extensions in the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan called the American Rescue Plan, it is still working through a backlog of claims. There are 30,000 people�...

Members of Michigan’s House Oversight Committee grilled the acting head of the state Unemployment Insurance Agency Thursday on a wide range of issues ranging from the former director's separation agreement to why unemployment offices aren't open to the public. Often, exchanges between the lawmakers, who were in Lansing, and Liza Estlund Olson, the acting director of the agency who appeared virtually, were testy. "It's no surprise to anyone that this is one of the biggest issues this year," state Rep. Steven Johnson, R-Allegan County, said at the hearing, referring to the massive infl...

New claims in Michigan dropped to 15,507 in the week ending Feb. 13, down from 19,881 the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

Labor and Economic Opportunity UIA Update: Trust Fund remains healthy, Michigan unlikely to borrow in 2021 February 18, 2021 Based on current unemployment claims activity and economic conditions, the Unemployment Insurance Agency today announced that it is highly unlikely the Agency will need to borrow from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits in 2021. Currently, Michigan has one of the healthiest trust funds in the nation, with over $500M available for unemployment benefits and is one of few states that has yet to borrow from the fund. States such as California, Ohio and Tex...