Whitmer: Michigan to use federal $300 unemployment bonus as back-to-work incentive
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to expand how Michigan uses federal unemployment funds to incentivize Michiganders to return to work after the COVID-19 pandemic, she announced Monday.
The plan involves providing a bonus of $300 per week to specific employees returning to their previous jobs through the week of Sept. 4, Whitmer said during a wide-ranging news conference.
She did not say when the program would start, how many people are expected to be eligible or any eligibility dates for those returning to work.
Michigan to use $300 unemployment bonus as back-to-work incentive
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Michigan weekly unemployment claims declined last week but remain at elevated levels Adrienne Roberts and Kristi Tanner
New weekly unemployment claims in Michigan declined last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday, but they remain at elevated levels.
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New claims, a proxy for layoffs, dropped to 30,816 in the week ending May 1, down from 31,004 the week before, the labor department said.
That s nearly double what they were less than a month ago. A state labor department spokesperson attributes it to a movement of claimants from federal programs to regular state benefits.
New claims for federal programs, such as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), are tallied separately from claims for regular state benefits.