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woman on phone and welder LayoffFurlough Employees: The employee is responsible to certify through MIWAM or Telephone with the Unemployment agency bi-weekly (every two weeks) You can certify your benefits through your MiWAM account under your account alerts or by calling MARVIN at . It takes 24-28 hours for your MiWAM account to update after certifying online or by phone. Workshare Employees: The City of Detroit will certify payments to Unemployment Agency every two weeks on behalf of the employees Human Resources Department - Administration Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 316 Detroit, MI 48226 Michigans Unemployment Insurance Agency announced Thursday that it has sent out another round of waivers to claimants as it identifies those who were deemed eligible and received benefits in the pandemic but were later told they were overpaid and told to pay the money back.In a news release, the agency said it sent out 7,300 waivers for overpayments related to state and federal COVID-19 claims, for a total of $53.2 million, or about $7,288 per claim. The UIA also said it will refund $2.4 million to claimants who were repaying benefits.For claimants with more than one overpayment determination who receive a waiver for one determination but have others pending, the agency will apply those payments toward overpayments not covered by the waivers instead of issuing a refund.UIA Director Julia Dale said in the news release that the waivers should provide fresh hope for Michigan residents who faced paying back benefits. Dale pointed to frequently shifting federal and state program rules as to why claimants were told they were overpaid.Dale added that the agency still has more work to do in providing financial relief to claimants.Over the last three months, the agency has waived a total of $484.2 million in overpayments from 62,300 claims. Its unknown how many claimants are eligible for waivers because its very difficult to quickly access information and requires programming to pull out specific data from the agencys current computer system, Nick Assendelft, a spokesperson for the agency, said in an email.This current group of 7,300 waivers applies to state and federal benefits that claimants received between March 15, 2020, and May 30, 2021, under a state jobless claim, extended benefits or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).Claimants receiving this group of waivers were sent a message through their Michigan Web Account Manager (MiWAM) online unemployment accounts, the agency said. Letters will also be mailed to claimants to confirm the MiWAM notification.More: Michigans Unemployment Insurance Agency warns jobless claimants of text phishing scamMore: Michigan unemployment agency has questions after judge orders pause on collectionsIn May, after the Detroit Free Press brought to light that certain people who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits recipients were accused of misreporting their income and were asked to repay the excess benefits they had received, the agency said this group would be next to be assessed for waivers.Assendelft said the agency is still working through the process to evaluate who qualifies for waivers in this group and will announce the results of that process once that evaluation is complete.The UIA said it has refunded $11 million to claimants who had paid, or started to pay back, benefits. Since July 2021, the agency said it has waived more than $4.35 billion in overpayments related to federal pandemic jobless benefits programs for more than 407,300 claims.Contact Adrienne Roberts: , MI – If youve filed for jobless aid in Michigan, ignore any text messages from the Unemployment Insurance Agency — it is a scam.The agency issued a Monday, July 11, warning about a phishing scam aiming to steal money and personal information from claimants through text messages. There are specific rules and regulations for claiming unemployment (UI) benefits. We can help you understand these requirements and help you prepare to apply. Learn more about claiming unemployment benefits by clicking the links below. Information that you provide to the Unemployment Insurance Agency may be subject to disclosure in accordance with federal and state law requirements.

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