{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-076","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Michigan; Unemployment Insurance Agency, Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"Unemployment Insurance Agency (Liza Estlund Olson, Acting Director)","authority":"MCL 421.28","instrument":"UIA press release, \u0027Work Search Requirements for Unemployment Benefits to Be Reinstated\u0027 (May 19, 2021)","title":"Work search requirements reinstated for all claimants starting May 30, 2021; COVID-specific waivers retained for the self-employed, those unable to work due to COVID-19 and parents of children in remote school","dateIssued":"2021-05-19","effective":"2021-05-30","end":"n/a (end of a waiver in place since March 2020)","startDate":"2021-05-30","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","SCH"],"addressees":["unemployment benefit claimants (State UI and federal programs)"],"clause":"As Michigan\u0027s economy continues to improve, the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) will reinstate work search requirements for unemployment benefit claimants starting May 30, 2021. The work search requirement was suspended in March 2020 to help the increased volume of hardworking Michiganders facing unemployment due to the pandemic.... There are COVID-specific exemptions for people who are self-employed, unable to work due to COVID-19, and parents with children attending school remotely because the school is closed.","enforcement":"Loss of benefits for the week in which no work search activity is reported (MCL 421.28)","functions":["WF workforce availability (legal obligation to seek work suspended Mar. 2020 to May 30, 2021; school-closure waiver continued)","HR recruiting"],"notes":"Facts and circumstances for workforce availability in every Michigan industry through 2021 Q2.","sourceUrl":"https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uia/covid-info-employees/panel-resources/uia-press-releases/work-search-requirements-for-unemployment-benefits-to-be-reinstated","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220702053025/https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uia/covid-info-employees/panel-resources/uia-press-releases/work-search-requirements-for-unemployment-benefits-to-be-reinstated","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":54136,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-076","citation":"Unemployment Insurance Agency (Liza Estlund Olson, Acting Director), UIA press release, \u0027Work Search Requirements for Unemployment Benefits to Be Reinstated\u0027 (May 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-076)","stateName":"Michigan","related":[]}