Michigan starts making $ 300 COVID-19 unemployment payments to eligible residents

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan has started receiving $ 300 weekly from COVID-19 unemployment payments for eligible residents who have been affected by the pandemic.

According to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunities, the state started issuing payments for about 365,000 applicants this weekend.

Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments go from December 27, 2020 to March 13, 2021. They offer an additional $ 300 in benefits per week for Michigan claimants who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Claimants do not need to take any action to receive additional payments. They will be paid automatically after being certified.

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“The UIA team worked tirelessly to ensure that Michigan was one of the first states to implement the PUC program,” said UIA interim director, Liza Estlund Olson. “Now that we have received additional guidance from USDOL, we remain committed to implementing the remaining federal programs of PUA and PEUC as soon as possible to free up money.”

Workers who have received pandemic unemployment benefits and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation need not take any action. They will not be able to complete certifications and payments will not be issued for weeks after December 26 until technical updates to the UI system are completed, according to state officials.

This will only be an interruption and the claimants will be restored when the extensions are fully implemented, the state said in a statement. An estimated completion date is not yet available.

“These workers must be sure that they will not lose any benefit and they will receive every dollar they are entitled to once the programs are fully implemented, ”said Olson.

PEUC offers an additional 11 weeks of benefits to those who have exhausted the state’s regular unemployment benefits. PUA provides unemployment benefits to those who are not normally eligible for unemployment, including self-employed and temporary workers.