Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency

Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency made more than $245 million worth of payments to ineligible claims between 2020 and 2022, according to a final state audit.

Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency is launching a new tool to help residents apply for benefits.

The state is close to settling a long-lingering lawsuit over the unemployment system’s false fraud accusations that targeted thousands of people.

A new report from the state Auditor General found Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency was slow to address problems and consistently did not meet federal standards for processing claims.

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency is moving to contract with the professional services company Deloitte to help the agency replace a key part of its technology. Between 2013 and 2015, a computer glitch under the current system led to thousands of people wrongly being accused of fraud.

Michigan is receiving millions in federal grant money to address disparities in gaining jobless benefits.

A seven-year-old lawsuit against the state of Michigan over malfunctions in its unemployment compensation system will continue following a decision by the state Supreme Court.

The latest audit from the Michigan Auditor General’s Office finds practices at the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency during the COVID-19 pandemic opened the state up to fraud.

Liza Estlund Olson faced questions from Republican lawmakers Thursday regarding her management of the Michigan Unemployment Agency.