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UIA tells oversight panel it has resumed collections, reports $60 million recovered and 40,000 waiver requests
Summary
The Unemployment Insurance Agency told a House oversight subcommittee it has resumed collections after a court pause, recovered $60,000,000 in overpayments, processed about 30,000 waiver requests and waived roughly $46,000,000; the agency also previewed a July 17 change that will require claimants to record three weekly work-search activities.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) told the Michigan House Oversight Subcommittee on State and Local Public Assistance Programs that it has resumed collecting pandemic-era overpayments and is balancing program-integrity goals with protections for claimants.
"We have collected $60,000,000 in overpayments," Director Palmer said in testimony to the panel, adding that the agency has received 40,000 waiver requests and processed about 30,000 of them. "We have waived $46,000,000 through state law, hardship waivers." He said staff are pausing collections when a waiver is filed and that the agency has expanded call-center hours and flexed about 20 staff to the collections team to handle demand.
Why it matters: The committee has held multiple oversight hearings about pandemic-era unemployment administration. Restored collections affect the trust fund that helps set employer tax…
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