Online Services Offered by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency
Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency provides Michigan residents the option of applying, receiving a performing most of the services and benefits offered by the agency online. This article will describe and provide links to the main online services the Unemployment Insurance Agency of Michigan offers.
If you currently fill in applications or request services by mail, telephone or actually visit the physical offices of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, consider switching to the agency’s online portal. This can help you save money and time, as well as reduce the cost of offering these services for the State.
Online Unemployment Claims.
Filing for unemployment by using paper forms takes longer and kills trees. Use Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency’s website instead and reduce the time for your first unemployment check to arrive.
The requirements for first time applicants online are the same as applicants over the phone or using paper forms. These include:
- Have at least one and no more than 19 employers in the last 18 months.
- Have not applied for unemployment benefits in the last 12 months. In this case you may qualify for a continuation of a claim, not a new claim.
- Know your employer’s mailing address. If you do not know you employer’s mailing address you will need to apply over the phone (Toll free 1-866-500-0017)
Account Portal
Once you register as an unemployed worker you can save yourself a phone call or a trip to your unemployment office and check your account balance online. The UIA Claim Portal allows registered users to check their status and their payment balance. If it is the first time you receive unemployment benefits you will need to register and provide personal information to confirm your identity.
Employers Filed Claims Portal
Employers also can save time and resources by managing the insurance payments of their workers online. The Employer Filed Claims portal allows employers to improve their cost control, reduce fraud, improve customer service and apply for unemployment benefits for their workers when they are affected by a mass layoff. This makes insurance management more efficient and convenient for both employers and workers.
UIA Online Services for Businesses
Besides laying people off business have to perform many tasks related to employment insurance and other services provided by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. These include filing a quarterly wage report, file a quarterly tax, make a UIA tax payment, file a protest or access their UIA account information. All of these and many more operations can be performed from the UIA Online Services for Employers.