Pandemic Unemployment Insurance

A new audit details how Michigan overpaid unemployment claims by billions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An ongoing lawsuit claims the state forcibly collected benefits from people without giving them a chance to contest the state's finding that they were overpaid.

Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency says it accidentally overpaid unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state has forcibly collected much of that money from people who received unemployment.

The federal government has expanded its criteria for who can get a waiver that would let people keep extra unemployment insurance money.

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency used the wrong criteria in approving federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. That and other problems force families to pay or appeal the decisions.

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has overpaid pandemic-related claims by an estimated $3.9 billion, according to an audit released Thursday.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is trying to reassure tens of thousands of Michiganders who’ve been warned they might have to pay back federal jobless…

Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency is warning the public that it is experiencing a new wave of imposter claims for federal Pandemic Unemployment…