Last week, lawmakers were told that 134,000 people who filed for unemployment benefits have not received anything. The new update, which isn’t much better, is the number is now 125,000.
Representative Matt Hall says it’s an opportunity to see how two critical state departments are either helping each other serve the state’s residents, or not.
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.