A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled “Michigan employment security act,” by amending sections 2 and 32b (MCL 421.2 and 421.32b), section 2 as amended by 2011 PA 268 and section 32b as amended by 2011 PA 269, and by adding section 32e.
House Bills No. 5000-5008 were introduced as a comprehensive unemployment insurance reform package in Michigan, collectively aimed at increasing benefit amounts and duration, improving claimant communications, strengthening hardship and waiver provisions, refining eligibility and disqualification rules, expanding employee definitions, and enhancing fairness, transparency, and due process within the state’s unemployment system.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Competitiveness