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The Recovery Package made a major investment in unemployment insurance both for unemployed workers and to improve State administration of the program.
For Individuals
The recovery package continues through December 2009 the extended unemployment benefits program which will enable 161,870 additional jobless workers in Michigan to qualify for extended benefits.
The recovery package Increases unemployment benefits by $25 a week and suspends the Federal income tax on the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits for 2009.
The recovery package provides Health Insurance for Unemployed Workers for the first time by providing a 60% subsidy for COBRA premiums for up to 9 months.
For the State of Michigan
The recovery package contains an estimated $14 million in administrative funding and $69 million in general funding for Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. The new law also forgives the interest Michigan owes to the federal government on funds borrowed for Michigan’s UI program, resulting in a savings of about $41 million for the state.
How to File Your Unemployment Claim
Below is information provided by the State of Michigan. To review the full fact sheet you may click here:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/uia_112-UIBenefitinfo_85264_7.pdf
By Internet: To file your new unemployment claim or to reopen an established claim through the Internet, visit our website www.michigan.gov/uia from 7:00 a.m. Monday through 7:00p.m. Saturday.
By Phone: To file your new claim or to reopen a claim through our toll-free telephone
number, call 1-866-500-0017 using a touch-tone telephone. Use the call-in schedule (shown below) when filing by telephone. The schedule is based on the last two digits of your Social Security number. For example, if your Social Security number ends in 50, you would phone in your application on Tuesday afternoon.
Information Needed to File a Claim: Your Social Security Number, your Driver License
Number or State Identification Number or your MARVIN PIN (if you have one); the namesand addresses of employers you have worked for in the past 18 months along with your quarterly gross earnings and the last date of employment with each employer. If you are not a U.S. citizen or national, you will need your Alien Registration Number and the expiration date of your work authorization.
Further information from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency may be found here:
http://www.michigan.gov/uia/0,1607,7-118-26831---,00.html
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