The Unemployment Insurance Agency maintains it has either resolved or is working to fix problems around fraudulent claims after the fifth and final audit of its actions during the coronavirus pandemic released Thursday said it didn't do enough to identify and investigate potential claimant fraud.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency plans to expand its fight against fraud by pursuing bad actors and recovering federal and state money taken from taxpayers with the help of a $2.6 million federal grant.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency is launching online guidance for those seeking jobless benefits for the first time.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency announced Thursday that those seeking unemployment benefits can follow six simple steps to teach them how to file and receive jobless benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency Thursday said it has been able to identify more than 10,000 phony claims filed by fraudsters during a three-day period, with no money paid out to the illegitimate claimants.
Semaje Reffigee, one of four former Unemployment Insurance Agency staff or contract workers who have been convicted of unemployment insurance crimes, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Tuesday.
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a union group's request for a preliminary injunction against the Unemployment Insurance Agency in an ongoing lawsuit that claims the agency's director and state policymakers were operating in a way that violates residents' due process rights.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency announced Monday Kim Breitmeyer will act as the agency's legal advisor and leader of the new Legal and Compliance Bureau.
MACKINAC ISLAND – Unemployment Insurance Agency Director Julia Dale has been on the job for 19 months and in two more, she'll be the longest serving leader at the agency in a decade.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency announced Friday that Deloitte has officially signed a contract to design and install a computer system to replace the decade old MiDAS interface, saying in a news release it was expected that the new system would be fully operational in two years.