MI HB6496

Allows an employer that continues employing a claimant after an unemployment claim is filed to request a redetermination of benefits within 30 calendar days of the initial monetary determination notice.

Continuing employer's request must affirm: continued employment since end of base period, commitment to pay weekly wages equal to or greater than the claimant's average weekly wage during the base period (except for employee-requested unpaid leave), and notification to the agency within 10 calendar days if employment or wage requirements cease.

Agency must redetermine the weekly benefit amount and number of weeks payable within 15 calendar days, excluding the continuing employer's base period wages and charging remaining benefits to other employers in the base period.

Original wage qualification standards remain unchanged, and no benefit reductions apply for wages from employers no longer chargeable due to redetermination.

If the continuing employer fails to meet employment or wage requirements for a claimed week, the original monetary determination is reinstated for that week and all subsequent weeks in the benefit year.