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  • applicationbenefits 300x195 Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency: How Long Do You Have To File?

    Learn how long you can wait before losing your right to apply for benefits at Michigan's UIA.

    Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency has changed names many times throughout the years. It started in 1937 as the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission, then became the Michigan Employment Security Commission, after that the Michigan Employment Security Agency and the Bureau of Workers’ & Unemployment Compensation. Now it is called the Unemployment Insurance Agency. What hasn’t changed is the purpose of this organization: to provide a source of income to unemployed workers while they search for work.

    applicationbenefits1 300x195 Michigan Works Unemployment: Terms You Should Understand

    Learn what the terms in your unemployment benefits application mean.

    Although Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency strives to make things as simple as possible for unemployed workers, there are still many terms in forms and booklets you may have never heard off before and struggle to understand. This article will look at some of  the jargon found in Unemployment Insurance Agency publications.

    Monetary Determination.

    This is a document prepared by Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency  and sent to you to explain the status of your claim. If you qualify for  a claim it will specify how many weeks you are entitled to and how much money you will receive.

    applicationbenefits 300x195 Michiganworks UIA: How To Claim For Extended Benefits?

    You can continue to apply for EUC and wait to see if Congress extends the program.

    The phasing out of the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program has caused many readers to ask what they should do to apply for extended benefits once their initial 26 weeks finished.

    Take for instance the query of Lisa:

    I have exhausted my 26 weeks of unemployment as of 10/23/10.  Am still filing bi-weekly with MARVIN but have no received any further information regarding the extension.  Unable to contact Unemployment by phone.  What is needed to be done to start receiving support?

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