Some Michiganders will no longer receive extra weeks of unemployment benefits
DETROIT – Some Michigan residents who were previously eligible will no longer receive additional weeks of unemployment benefits, the state revealed.
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Michigan is no longer in a high unemployment period, so claimants receiving extended benefits and pandemic unemployment assistance will not longer receive them for extra weeks, according to state officials.
Residents affected by this change in benefit allowance have been notified, officials said.
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