Michigan begins charging COVID-19 $ 300 for unemployment to eligible residents

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan has done it began making COVID-19 unemployment payments of $ 300 a week to eligible residents affected by the pandemic.

According to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, the state began issuing payments to about 365,000 claimants this weekend.

Pandemic unemployment compensation payments run from December 27, 2020 to March 13, 2021. They offer an additional $ 300 in weekly benefits to Michigan claimants who were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Claimants do not have to take steps to receive the additional payments. They will be paid automatically after certification.

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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 Acting Director Liza Estlund Olson. “Now that we have received additional USDOL guidance, we are committed to implementing the remaining federal PUA and PEUC programs as quickly as possible to raise money.”

Workers who received pandemic unemployment assistance and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation should not take any action. They will not be able to complete certifications and payments will not be issued for weeks after Dec. 26 until technical updates to the user interface system are completed, according to state officials.

This will only lead to an interruption and the claimants will become full once the extensions are fully implemented, the state said in a statement. Estimated end date is not yet available.

“These workers should be sure of that they will not lose any benefit and they will receive all the dollars they are entitled to once the programs are fully implemented, ”Olson said.

PEUC provides an additional 11 weeks of benefits for those who have exhausted their regular state unemployment benefit. PUA provides unemployment benefits to those who are not usually eligible for unemployment, including self-employed and contract workers.