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1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75)

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Michigan Employment Security Act; Short Title.

Declaration of Public Policy; Findings.

Bureau of Worker's and Unemployment Compensation; Policies; Definitions.

Michigan Employment Security Advisory Council; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancies; Compensation; Expenses; Recommendations; Assistance and Studies.

Repealed. 2002, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002.

Rules and Regulations; Distribution; Public Hearing; Notice; Publication; Copies Furnished; Effective Date.

Parking Facility; Approval of State Administrative Board.

Employment Security Commission; Director; Appointment, Term, and Duties; Annual Salary; Employees and Assistants; Delegation of Authority; Compensation and Expenses; Bond; Appointment and Qualifications of Persons to Assist Employers and Represent Claimants.

Advocacy Assistance Services; Program.

Bureau of Worker's and Unemployment Compensation; Creation Within Department of Consumer and Industry Services; Director; Transfer of Powers and Duties by Executive Order.

Conversion to Wage Record System; Assistance of Ad Hoc Committees; Administrative Costs.

Unemployment Insurance Agency; Destruction or Disposal of Documents; Admissibility of Reproduction as Evidence.

Appropriation for Continuing Work on Unemployment Insurance Computer System Improvement and Capacity Extension Project; Staff Training; Appointment, Membership, and Duties of Computer Project Oversight Committee; Reversion of Unexpended Funds; Work Project.

Emergency Backup Plan for Computer System.

Stabilization Fund.

Employee Training Program; Operation; Funding; Purpose.

Appropriation to Fund Improvements; Expenditure; Work Project.

Securing Automated Systems for Fraud Control and Collections Division; Fraud Control and Investigation; Funding; Work Project.

Employment Security Commission; Consolidation of Divisions.

Legislative Purpose; Annual Review of Maximum Weekly Benefit Rates; Comparison of Consumers' Price Index; “Base Month” Defined; Determining Percentage of Increase or Decrease; Report.

Employment Security Commission; Subpoenas, Issuance; Enforcement; Immunity.

Administration Fund; Contingent Fund.

Section
421.10a

Obligation Trust Fund; Creation; Receipt and Deposit of Money or Other Assets; Investment; Money Remaining in Fund; Administrator; Expenditures; Purpose.

Unemployment Agency; Cooperation With Federal Agency; Reports; Compliance With Federal Regulations; "Social Security Act" Defined; Disclosure of Information; Reciprocal Agreements.

Section
421.11a

Privilege; Waiver.

Acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act.

Section
421.12a

Employment Security; Community Work or Training Program; Employee Benefits.

Contributions of Employer; Rate; Obligation Assessment Payment; Computation and Payment; Reports; Quarterly Wage Report; Apportioned Payments; Applicability of Subsection (3) to Contributions Beginning 2013 Tax Year.

Section
421.13a

Contributions of Nonprofit Organizations; Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions; “Nonprofit Organization” Defined; Notice of Election to Become Reimbursing Employer; Surety Bond, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, or Other Security; Applicability of Subsection (4).

Section
421.13b

Liability of Nonprofit Organization for Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions; Termination of Status as Reimbursing Employer; Notice of Termination; Election to Become Reimbursing Employer; Notice of Election; Termination of Election; Extension of Time; Determination of Status as Employer.

Section
421.13c

Payments by Nonprofit Organization to Commission; Computation; Statement of Charges; Past Due Reimbursement Payments.

Section
421.13d

Delinquency of Nonprofit Organization in Making Reimbursement Payments; Termination of Election; Surety Bond, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, or Other Security.

Section
421.13e

Group Account for Sharing Cost of Benefits; Joint Application; Approval; Notice; Duration; Termination; Adding Employer to or Removing Employer From Group Account; Liability for Benefit Charges; Effective Date and Application of Amendatory Provision.

Section
421.13f

Reimbursement by Nonprofit Organization of Benefits Paid; Charging Benefits Paid to Rating Account of Nonprofit Organization.

Section
421.13g

Reimbursement Payments by State in Lieu of Contributions; Amount, Time, and Manner of Payments; Separate Accounts; Funds to Which Reimbursement Payments Charged; Liability for Reimbursement Payments; Election to Be Reimbursing Employer; Reimbursement of Benefits; Charging Benefits to Experience Account; Past Due Reimbursement Payments.

Section
421.13h

Provisions Applicable to Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions and Reimbursing Employers.

Section
421.13i

Governmental Entity as Reimbursing Employer or Contributing Employer; Election; Notice; Termination of Election; Liability for Reimbursement Payments; Notice Terminating Status; Extension of Period for Filing Notice of Election; Determination of Status as Employer, Effective Date of Election, and Termination of Prior Election.

Section
421.13j

Repealed. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978.

Section
421.13k

Payment by Governmental Entity of Regular Benefits Plus Extended Benefits and Training Benefits; Ascertainment of Amount; Statement of Charges; Reimbursement of Fund; Past Due Reimbursement Payments; Liability for and Payment of Contributions; Delinquency; Termination of Election; Reimbursement of Benefits; Charging Benefits to Experience Account.

Section
421.13l

Indian Tribe or Tribal Unit as Employer; Requirements.

Section
421.13m

Professional Employer Organization; Determination of Status as Liable Employer; Reporting of Wages and Payment of Unemployment Contributions; Requirements; Act or Omission Occurring Before January 1, 2011; "Professional Employer Organization" Defined.

Employing Unit as Employer and Services as Employment; Determinations; Notice; Review and Redetermination; Collection of Contributions; Retroactive Determination; Introduction of Determination, Redetermination, or Decision in Proceeding Involving Claim for Benefits.

Delinquent Contributions.

Section
421.15a

Apportioned Quarterly Payments; Interest on Contribution Obligation Not Required; Failure to Make Payment.

Section
421.15b

Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

Adjustment or Refund of Contributions or Interest.

Nonchargeable Benefits Account; Experience Account; Pooling of Contributions; Credits; Exception During Covid-19 Pandemic Only.

Definitions.

Contribution Rate of Contributing Employer; Determination; Reserve Fund Balance of Reorganized Employer; Distressed Employer; Irrevocability of Excess Payments to Experience Account.

Section
421.19a

Solvency Tax; Determination; Payment; Deferral; Appropriation; Repayment; Payment of Amounts Obtained Into Contingent Fund; Crediting Amounts to Employers' Experience Accounts; Past Due Payments; Interest and Penalties; Adjustments and Refunds; Appeals; Qualification for Federal Interest Relief Provisions and Federal Unemployment Tax Credits; Forgiveness or Postponement of Interest.

Charging Benefits Against Employer's Account; Benefits Improperly Paid; Basis; Failure of Employer to Provide Information; Determination; Appeal; Separate Determination of Amount and Duration of Benefits; Charge to Base Period Employer; "Separating Employer" Defined; Limitation on Charges for Regular Benefits; Training Benefits and Extended Benefits; Notice of Charges; Listing; Spouse as Full-Time Member of United States Armed Forces; Definitions.

Section
421.20a

Benefits Paid Under Protest or Appeal; Charge to Suspense Account; Transfer to Rating Account or Solvency Account.

Copies or Listings of Benefit Checks Charged Against Employer's Account; Copies as Final Determination; Statement of Total Benefits Charged Against Rating Account; Notice to Employer of Contribution Rate; Finality of Statement or Determination; Extension; Review and Redetermination; Appeal; Hearing; Adjustment of Contribution.

Section
421.21a

Allocation of Benefit Charges and Contributions Attributable to Service Performed Under Ceta-Pse.

Section
421.21b

Seamen on American Vessel on Great Lakes; Benefits; Seamen, Definition.

Transfer of Business.

Section
421.22a

Transfer of Operations From Another State to This State; Conditions to Being Deemed Qualified Employer; Withdrawing Request for Application of Section; Furnishing Information to Commission; Wages, Contributions, and Benefits Deemed Paid in This State; Accounts.

Section
421.22b

Transferring Trade or Business With Intent to Reduce Contribution Rate or Reimbursement Payments.

Coverage of Employer; Period.

Cessation of Employing Unit as Employer Subject to Act; Termination of Coverage; Rescission of Determination.

Election That Services Be Deemed Employment Subject to Act; Request for Termination of Coverage; Termination of Election.

Unemployment Compensation Fund.

Section
421.26a

Issuance of Notes, Bonds, Financial Instruments, or Other Evidences of Indebtedness; Use of Proceeds; Payment of Unemployment Obligation Assessment; Rate; Collection; Additional Special Subaccounts; Agreements; Definitions.

Section
421.26b

Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

Payment of Benefits; Extension of Benefits Subject to Appropriation.

Section
421.27a

Payment of Benefits for Certain Periods of Unemployment; Amount; Conditions; Eligibility; Limitation.

Section
421.27b

Deducting and Withholding Income Tax From Unemployment Benefits.

Section
421.27c

Noncharging Employer Account; Monetary Redetermination; Conditions.

Section
421.27n

Repealed. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965.

Eligibility to Receive Benefits; Conditions; Waiver Extension for Extended Layoff in 2021.

Section
421.28a

Preservation of Unused Credit Weeks or Benefit Entitlement During Period of Continuous Involuntary Disability; Request; Written Statement From Physician; Copies; Extension of Benefit Year; Payment of Benefits; “Continuous Disability” Defined; Inability to Establish Benefit Year; Cessation of Entitlement to Benefits; Applicability; Dissemination of Information to Interested Parties; Date of Request.

Section
421.28b

Definitions; MCL 421.28c to 421.28m.

Section
421.28c

Shared-Work Plan; Application; Requirements; Manner; Contents; Approval of More Than 1 Plan.

Section
421.28d

Shared-Work Plan; Approval by Unemployment Agency; Requirements; Reduction Percentage.

Section
421.28e

Shared-Work Plan; Approval or Disapproval by Unemployment Agency.

Section
421.28f

Shared-Work Plan; Effective Period.

Section
421.28g

Compensation.

Section
421.28h

Schedule; Filing Compensation Claims; Benefits; Funding of Benefits.

Section
421.28i

Modification of Shared-Work Plan.

Section
421.28j

Termination of Shared-Work Plan; Good Cause.

Section
421.28k

Authority of Unemployment Agency to Approve, Disapprove, Modify, or Terminate Shared-Work Plan.

Section
421.28l

Report.

Section
421.28m

Effect of Approval or Disapproval by Federal Government.

Disqualification From Benefits; Exception During Covid-19 Pandemic.

Section
421.29a

Disqualification From Benefits; Exception for Domestic Violence; Documentation; Definitions.

Section
421.29m

421.29n - Repealed. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965.

Benefits Inalienable.

Waiver of Rights; Limitation of Fees.

Claims for Benefits; Examination; Determination; Notice.

Section
421.32a

Review of Determination; Redetermination; Notice; Reconsideration; Applicability of Redetermination, Disqualification, or Ineligibility to Compensable Period; Finality of Redetermination; Additional Transfer Provisions; Finding of Fraud; Change in Mailing Address.

Section
421.32b

Internet Site; Establishment; Access; Purpose; Protest or Appeal.

Section
421.32c

Reconsideration of Claims Filed After March 15, 2020; Prohibited Solely on Applicability of Executive Order.

Section
421.32d

Unemployment Agency; Hiring New Employees; Limitation.

Assignment to Administrative Law Judge; Appeals and Transferred Matters; Consolidation of Cases; Procedure for Appeal to Michigan Compensation Appellate Commission.

Appeal to Michigan Compensation Appellate Commission From Findings of Fact and Decision or From Denial of Motion for Rehearing or Reopening.

421.36 - Repealed. 2011, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011.

Fees for Subpoenaed Witnesses; Fees and Expenses of Proceedings; Issuance of Subpoena.

Review by Circuit Court; Direct Appeal of Order or Decision of Administrative Law Judge; Unemployment Agency as Party; Manner of Appeal.

Employment Security Act; Definitions.

“Employing Unit” Defined.

“Employer” Defined.

Section
421.41a

Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

“Employment” Defined.

Section
421.42a

Coverage of Services; Determination; Penalties and Interests.

Services Excluded From Term "employment."

“Remuneration” and “Wages” Defined.

Section
421.44a

“Previously Uncovered Services” Defined; Wages to Include Remuneration for Previously Uncovered Services; Limitation on Use of Remuneration and on Charging of Benefits; Claims to Which Section Applicable; Retroactive Claims; Remuneration for Previously Uncovered Services; Identification and Notification of Individuals Entitled to Benefits; Charging Certain Amounts of Benefits to State Only; Reimbursement of Commission.

Base Periods; Definition.

“Benefit Year” Defined; Conditions; Rights of Claimant.

Section
421.46a

Establishment of Benefit Year Where Individual Unable to Establish Benefit Year Under MCL 421.46; Conditions; Calculation of Average Weekly Wage; Charge to Employers; Extended Benefits; Claim.

Calendar Quarter; Definition.

"Unemployed" Explained; Amounts Considered Wages or Remuneration; Leave of Absence; Elected Layoff; Covid-19 Absence.

Section
421.48a

Transmission or Receipt by Mail.

Last Day of Protest or Appeal Period Falling on Saturday, Sunday, or Legal Holiday; Running of Statutory Periods.

“Week" Defined.

Section
421.50a

“Governmental Entity” Defined.

“Benefits” and “Average Weekly Wage” Defined.

Section
421.51a

Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

State; Definition.

“Hospital,”“institution of Higher Education,” and “Educational Institution Other Than Institution of Higher Education,” Defined.

Sanctions; Penalties.

Section
421.54a

Requiring Individual to Make False Statement or Representation Regarding Benefit or Other Payment as Condition of Employment; Remedies; Applicability; Disposition of Amounts Recovered; Effective Date of Section.

Section
421.54b

Conspiracy; Applicability; Penalties; Disposition of Amounts Recovered; Effective Date of Section.

Section
421.54c

Embezzlement; Penalties; Applicability; Disposition of Amounts Recovered; Effective Date of Section.

Section
421.54f

Report of Fraudulent Claim; Contents; Submission of Affidavit by Affected Individual; Duties of Unemployment Agency; Appeal of Determination; Determination of Identity Theft; Credit to Employer's Account; Misrepresentation; Affected Individual as Interested Party; Definitions.

Section
421.54g

Report Regarding Claims Submitted by Impostors; Contents; Definitions.

Section
421.54h

Appointment of Individual to Perform Certain Activities; "Impostor" Defined.

Catchline Headings of Section Not Part of Act.

American Vessel, American Aircraft; Definitions.

Amendment or Repeal of Act.

Suspension of Provisions.

Repeal.

Advance From Federal Fund; Repayment.

Section
421.60a

Protection of Deaf.

Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

Recovery of Improperly Paid Benefits.

Repealed. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972.

Payment of Extended Benefits.

Effective Dates of Act 231 of 1971; Recomputation of Benefits.

Effective Dates of Act 104 of 1974; Recomputation of Benefits.

Effective Dates of Act 110 of 1975; Recomputation of Weekly Benefit Rate and Maximum Amount of Benefits; Supplemental Benefits.

Section
421.67a

Repealed. 1996, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997.

Section
421.67b

Annual Report to Legislature; Validating Representations Made by Employer to Legislature.

421.69 - Repealed. 1982, Act 535, Eff. Jan. 2, 1983.

Effective Date of Act 358 of 1980; Recomputation of Weekly Benefit Rate and Maximum Amount of Benefits; Supplemental Benefits.

Effective Dates of Act 535 of 1982.

Effective Date of Act 164 of 1983.

Rounding Benefits to Next Lower Full Dollar.

Conversion Date to Wage Record System; Effective Date; Report.