Common Michigan EUC Tier Questions

Common Michigan EUC Tier Questions

If you are receiving Unemployment Compensation in Michigan and the benefits are about to exhaust, you may be eligible for Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC).

Emergency Unemployment Compensation has 4 tier levels in the program. Each tier level grants the unemployed worker an extension of unemployment compensation. Each level offers a shorter amount of time to receive benefits.
If you are eligible for the EUC program you will be contacted by the Unemployment Office approximately 2 weeks before your current benefits expire. At that time, you will need to qualify for EUC benefits.

Once your eligibility is determined you will begin receiving Tier I benefits. Tier I will extend your benefits for 20 weeks. If, at the end of that period, you are not employed or under employed you will automatically go to Tier II benefit status. This will extend your benefits for an additional 14 weeks.

At the end of this phase, if you are still not employed you will be given Tier III benefits. This will extend your unemployment for an additional 13 weeks. Tier IV benefits can be received after that for a final 6 weeks worth of benefits.
EUC benefit eligibility will expire in February 2010. This means that a new EUC Tier I claim can not begin after February 27, 2010. Tier’s II-IV can not establish a new claim after March 10, 2010. However, if you are already receiving those benefits at the time the program ends you will continue to receive your current level benefits until the weeks are finished.

You do not have to reapply for benefits at anytime during the process if you have started receiving EUC benefits prior to the end date. If you are currently at one level you will advance to the next if you are not employed. After the end date you will only receive benefits until the end of your tier allotment. At that time, no more benefits will be issued even if you are at a lower tier. Currently there are no plans to extend the deadline or make any other emergency funding available to the program.