MI HB5375

Prohibits the Unemployment Insurance Agency from assessing interest on unpaid restitution of benefit overpayments when the overpayment resulted from employer error, Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) error, wage reporting delays, or other causes not directly attributable to the claimant

Requires the agency to waive any interest already assessed and refund interest payments made by claimants within 180 days of the act's effective date for qualifying overpayments

Applies retroactively to benefit overpayments occurring between February 7, 2020 and December 31, 2026

Prohibits interest from accruing on unpaid restitution while a determination, redetermination, or appeal is pending

Requires written notice to affected claimants detailing any waivers or refunds owed and confirming that interest will not be assessed on their unpaid restitution