MI HB5883

Modifies the wage eligibility requirement for unemployment benefit years beginning after May 31, 2020, reducing the minimum wage threshold from 388.06 hours to 128 hours of state minimum wage per calendar quarter.

Maintains the previous 388.06-hour threshold for benefit years beginning on or before May 31, 2020, creating a transition effective date.

Applies this change to Section 46 of the Michigan Employment Security Act, which governs the establishment of benefit years based on base period wages.

Reduces the barrier for workers to establish eligibility for unemployment benefits by requiring substantially fewer work hours in at least one calendar quarter of the base period.