HB5008

Michigan HB5008 amends unemployment benefits laws to modify restitution and garnishment rules for improperly collected benefits.

Michigan HB5008 amends the unemployment benefits laws to change how the unemployment insurance agency handles restitution of improperly collected benefits and the percentage of wages permitted to be garnished. The bill specifies that the agency cannot use unreported earnings from a previous benefit year to establish a new benefit year if the claimant made a false statement or misrepresentation. It also limits the agency's ability to recover improperly paid benefits to within three years of the final determination, unless the claimant intentionally misrepresented information.