HB 4339, SB 173 – Allow seasonal workers to receive unemployment insurance benefits (currently disqualified) during their off-season. HB 4338, SB 172 – Allow independent entrepreneurs to collect unemployment. This legislation would allow independent contractors to receive unemployment benefits from the state during a state of emergency declared by the state and would replace the IRS 20-factor test with an ABC test to determine whether an employee is an independent contractor. SB 161 (Senator McCann): Retroactive workers` compensation insurance mandate for COVID claims. This legislation aims to require that workers` compensation cover all COVID-19-related medical claims for “essential workers” retroactive to March 10, 2020. This warrant would apply regardless of whether the employee could prove that he or she contracted COVID-19 in the workplace. HB 4334, SB 170 – Increase in the payment of unemployment benefits. This legislation would increase the duration of UNEMPLOYMENT from a maximum of 20 weeks to 26 weeks, increase the maintenance benefit from $6 per child to $20 per child, and increase the number of eligible participants under the UI program from six to six. The alimony allowance gives applicants an additional amount in their unemployment insurance performance checks, depending on the number of parents they claim. Opposition: The Michigan Unemployment Trust Fund, the 100% employer-funded fund that pays benefits to the unemployed, is nearly bankrupt due to COVID-19 benefits. Since these people do not contribute to the UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM, it is unfair to allow them to receive benefits and to force employers to absorb these benefit costs. Instead of finding ways to prevent more workers from receiving unemployment benefits, Michigan should focus on fully reopening all sectors of Michigan`s economy and finding ways to get people back to work.
HB 4335, SB 169 – Increase in the amount of unemployment benefits. This legislation would increase Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits from a maximum of $362 per week to $593 and 58% of the state`s average weekly wage in early January 2022. HB 4336, SB 168 – Increase in the amount of unemployment benefits. This legislation would increase the weekly Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit to 6.1% of an employee`s highest quarterly income. HB 4337, SB 171 – Increase the number of people eligible for unemployment benefits. Reduces the eligibility criterion for high quarterly income from $4,744 to $1,235. To be eligible for benefits today, you must, among other things, have a salary of the amount stipulated by law during at least two quarters during the base period. The net effect of this bill would be to allow more claimants, particularly those with little or no unstable connection to the labour market, to receive unemployment insurance benefits. SB 2 (Senator Wojno): Increase in the duration of unemployment benefits.
This legislation would increase the number of weeks during which an unemployed person is entitled to State unemployment insurance benefits from 20 to 26. SB 360, 361, 363, 364, 422, 432 and HB 4646, 4648, 4649, 4650, 4827 would create and expand tools for local governments to support the development or rehabilitation of accessible housing supply to more of our citizens and workers. This legislative package focuses on the creation and expansion of tools for local governments to support the development or rehabilitation of a housing supply accessible to more of our citizens and our workforce. HB 5368 would require court records to be open to the public without obscuring a person`s name or date of birth. This would ensure that publicly available identifying information continues to be immediately available for employment, housing and other background checks. . HB 5041, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047 and 5048 would improve access to quality and affordable child care in Michigan by providing the flexibility to help providers start – and stay – businesses while prioritizing child safety. The Going Pro Training Fund is designed to help employers meet their individual talent needs.
This is done by allowing employers to apply for scholarships to help them train, develop and retain current and newly hired employees. The training financed by the talent fund must be short-term and cover a proven need for talent on the part of the employer. The training must lead to a certificate of transferable and industry-recognized competence. HB 5244 would eliminate mandatory isolation and quarantine provisions from Michigan`s anti-retaliation law. In addition to the Biden administration`s proposed COVID-19 vaccination mandate, lawmakers have introduced a number of bills aimed at preventing private sector employers from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine (HBs 4471, 4791, 4792) and/or holding employers accountable for vaccine side effects if they require it (HB 5352). .