Unemployed workers in Michigan are set to receive a significant boost in their unemployment benefits, following the recent approval of legislation by the Michigan Senate.
Michigan state lawmakers are again looking over serious issues surrounding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The findings they say are troubling. One is going so far as to say the agency needs to be “razed” and rebuilt from scratch.
Some unemployed Michiganders have already started receiving their $300. Others have not. As a matter of fact, some Michiganders are not receiving any benefits at all.
According to a release from the state of Michigan, the "Michigan Unemployment Agency (UIA) has already provided an estimated 820,000 unemployed Michigan workers $1.37 billion in benefits. On Thursday, the U.S. Dept. of Labor released those numbers showing that 1,178,021 Michiganders have filed for unemployment since March 15, with 134,119 workers filing claims just last week...
Even though the state call center is being augmented - the agency suggests your best option to file for benefits is using the center’s online signup process. And the best or fastest computer response times are between 8 pm and 8 am.