Employment security: benefits; time period to recover improperly paid benefits; limit to not more than 3 years after the date the benefit is paid and require recovery waiver of certain benefits. Amends sec. 62 of 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1 (MCL 421.62).
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Overview
This bill changes how Michigan’s unemployment insurance agency can recover improperly paid benefits. It limits the time they have to recover these benefits to a maximum of three years from the date the benefit was paid, with a possible exception for cases involving suspected identity fraud. The bill also allows for waivers of recovery in certain circumstances, such as when the overpayment resulted from an administrative error or when repayment would be unfair, and establishes a process for reporting waiver data to the legislature.
Key provisions
- Limits the time to recover improperly paid benefits to a maximum of three years from the date the benefit was paid.
- Allows for waivers of recovery in cases of administrative error or when repayment would be inequitable.
- Specifies a three-year timeframe for initiating recovery actions, with an exception for suspected identity fraud.
- Requires the unemployment insurance agency to issue a determination requiring restitution within three years of the final determination regarding the benefit.
- Establishes a process for reporting waiver data to the legislature annually.
- Limits deductions from benefits or wages to 50% of each payment due to the claimant.
- Provides a mechanism for protesting successive benefit years if a claimant intentionally provided false information.
- Defines circumstances under which an overpayment is considered an administrative or clerical error.
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