Michigan UIA ordered to stop collection efforts for claimants with pending appeals – By Adrienne Roberts (Detroit Free Press) / June 13, 2022
Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency will have to stop collection activities for claimants who were told they were overpaid benefits in the pandemic and are appealing the agency’s determination, according to a Monday order from a state judge.
The judge partially granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, which will halt collection activities, such as garnishing wages or seizing tax refunds, for unemployment insurance claimants who were told by the agency that they were overpaid benefits and protested that decision, and have yet to exhaust all their appeals.
“The agency is likely depriving plaintiffs of their right to due process by seeking
repayment of unemployment benefits before completing the administrative-review process,” Court of Claims Judge Brock Swartzle said in the order.
