MI HB4406

Eliminates the entire seasonal worker and seasonal employer provisions from Michigan's unemployment security act, removing restrictions that previously limited unemployment benefits for seasonal workers to only weeks during their normal seasonal work period

Increases the maximum weeks of unemployment benefits payable from 20 weeks to 26 weeks for claims filed on or after April 2, 2025

Updates gender-specific terminology throughout the statute, replacing terms like "husband or wife," "father or mother," and "brother or sister" with gender-neutral terms such as "spouse," "parent," and "sibling"

Renames the "unemployment agency" to the "unemployment insurance agency" throughout the affected sections

Removes seasonal workers from the definition of excluded employees in the shared-work plan provisions, allowing them to participate as participating employees in employer shared-work programs