MI HB5421

Expands unemployment benefit eligibility for individuals who leave work due to stalking, adding stalking victims alongside domestic violence victims as exceptions to the voluntary quit disqualification

Allows individuals to qualify for benefits if they left work due to reasonable fear of stalking at or en route to work, need to relocate to avoid stalking, need to address physical/psychological/legal effects of stalking, or belief that leaving is necessary for safety

Defines "stalking" as a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested

Permits documentation of stalking through restraining orders, police records, criminal convictions, medical records, or statements from professionals such as counselors, social workers, or attorneys

Prohibits the unemployment insurance agency from disclosing evidence of stalking experienced by an individual, including statements or corroborating evidence