You can submit your protest through your MIWAM account. After accessing your MIWAM account: Click on the claim ID of the involved benefit year to view the details. Next, click on "Determination Status", and then click on "file a protest" or "file appeal" for the issue you wish to protest.

The Job Attached Waiver (JAW) is granted if the reason for separation is due to a lack of work and the claimant has either a return-to-work date within 120 days or they are required to seek work exclusively through a union hiring hall.

The UIA will send you a determination that says you have committed intentional misrepresentation if it thinks you've committed fraud. If you get a determination that says you have intentionally misrepresented information to the UIA, it may include information about the money you have to repay.

An overpayment happens when you receive more unemployment money than you should have received. This may have happened for a few reasons, like if you made a mistake when certifying your benefits, were unable or unavailable to work, or you knowingly gave false or misleading information when filing a claim.

The person committing fraud could be a claimant who is intentionally misrepresenting information being provided to the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) when filing and/or certifying for unemployment benefits or could be a traditional fraud matter whereby a criminal is impersonating or representing themselves as a ...

18 Michigan unemployment aid workers fired, suspended pending investigations. The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has suspended or fired 18 employees during the COVID-19 pandemic because of pending criminal investigations.

Early each year, the UI issues its Tax Rate Determination for Calendar Year 20__, Form UIA 1771. It shows an employer's prior Actual Reserve, benefits charged, and contributions paid (basis of the CBC and ABC components) since the last annual determination, and the employer's new Actual Reserve.