Some Michiganders will no longer receive extra weeks of unemployment benefits

Some previously eligible Michigan residents will no longer receive additional weeks unemployment benefits, the state revealed.

Michigan is no longer at a peak unemployment period, so plaintiffs who receive extended benefits and unemployment assistance in pandemic will no longer receive it for extra weeks, according to government officials.

Residents affected by this change in the grant have been notified, officials said.

A high unemployment period is caused when unemployment in the state reaches a certain threshold. Under federal law, a state receives another seven weeks of PUA and EB benefits in a period of high unemployment.

As Michigan is no longer in a high unemployment period, the seven extra weeks, according to officials, will not be paid.

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For residents who receive extra benefits that have already been paid for the maximum number of weeks, their claim is considered depleted and there are no more weeks of extra benefits available, government officials said.

These residents may be eligible for benefits through another program. They will be notified if they can apply.

Residents receiving pandemic unemployment assistance were reduced from a maximum of 57 to 50 weeks.