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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.9 - Employment Security Commission; Subpoenas, Issuance; Enforcement; Immunity.

421.9 Employment security commission; subpoenas, issuance; enforcement; immunity.
Sec. 9.
The commission may by itself, or by its duly appointed agents, examine or copy the books, records and papers of any employing unit relating to any requirement pertaining to this act. Any member of the commission or its duly authorized agents may issue a subpoena requiring any person to appear before the commission, or its duly authorized agent at any reasonable time and place, and be examined with reference to any matter within the scope of the inquiry or investigation being conducted by the commission and to produce any books, records or papers pertaining to the question involved. Any member of the commission or its duly authorized agents may administer an oath or affirmation to a witness in any matter before the commission, certify to official acts, and take depositions. In case of disobedience of a subpoena, the commission, or the party on whose behalf it was issued, may invoke the aid of any circuit court of the state in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records and papers pertaining to the question involved. And any of the circuit courts of the state within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring such person to appear before said commission or its duly authorized agents and to produce books, records and papers if so ordered and give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, records or papers in any investigation, or upon any hearing, when ordered to do so by the commission, or its duly authorized agents, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a criminal penalty; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty for, or on account of, any transaction made or thing concerning which he is compelled, upon the claiming of his privilege to testify. No person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
History:
1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936 ;-- CL 1948, 421.9 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1970
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.10a - Obligation Trust Fund; Creation; Receipt and Deposit of Money or Other Assets; Investment; Money Remaining in Fund; Administrator; Expenditures; Purpose.

421.10a Obligation trust fund; creation; receipt and deposit of money or other assets; investment; money remaining in fund; administrator; expenditures; purpose.
Sec. 10a.
(1) The obligation trust fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The assets of the obligation trust fund shall not be commingled with any other fund and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. All obligation assessments on employers collected under section 26a; all interest on payments, penalties, and damages collected in connection with the obligation assessments made under section 26a; and a portion of the proceeds of any obligations, as described in section 26a, in amounts specified by the issuer, shall be deposited into the obligation trust fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the obligation trust fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in section 26a.
(4) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall expend money from the fund only for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) To pay obligations, administrative expenses, and associated expenses described in section 26a.
(b) To refund erroneously collected assessments under section 26a.
(c) For any other purpose described in section 26a(1).
History:
Add. 2011, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.11a - Privilege; Waiver.

421.11a Privilege; waiver.
Sec. 11a.
An individual who testifies voluntarily before another body concerning representations the individual made to the unemployment agency pursuant to the administration of this act waives any privilege under section 11 otherwise applying to the individual's representations to the unemployment agency.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2012
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 421.11a, which pertained to agreements for benefits under federal temporary unemployment compensation act of 1958, was repealed by Act 281 of 1965, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.12a - Employment Security; Community Work or Training Program; Employee Benefits.

421.12a Employment security; community work or training program; employee benefits.
Sec. 12a.
Any person, whether paid a wage, allowance or stipend, or a combination thereof, engaged in a community work or training program or work experience program, whether private or public, and whether it is conducted by a profit or nonprofit organization, sponsored or conducted by the Michigan employment security commission, either on its own behalf or as agent on behalf of the federal government, shall be entitled to the benefits provided by Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 418.101 to 418.899 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, in the same manner as employees of the state.
History:
Add. 1970, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13a - Contributions of Nonprofit Organizations; Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions; “Nonprofit Organization” Defined; Notice of Election to Become Reimbursing Employer; Surety Bond, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, or Other Security; Applicability of Subsection (4).

421.13a Contributions of nonprofit organizations; reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions; “nonprofit organization” defined; notice of election to become reimbursing employer; surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security; applicability of subsection (4).
Sec. 13a.
(1) Any nonprofit organization which is, or becomes, subject to this act after December 31, 1971, shall pay contributions as a contributing employer pursuant to section 13, unless it elects to make reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as a reimbursing employer pursuant to sections 13a to 13c. For the purpose of this act, a nonprofit organization is an organization or group of organizations which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code and is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of that code.
(2) A nonprofit organization which is subject to this act on December 31, 1971, may elect to become a reimbursing employer for a period of not less than 2 calendar years beginning with January 1, 1972 if it files with the commission a written notice of its election within 30 days after January 1, 1972.
(3) A nonprofit organization which becomes subject to this act on or after January 1, 1972, may elect to become a reimbursing employer for a period of not less than 2 calendar years beginning with the calendar year which contains the day when it became subject to this act by filing a written notice of its election with the commission not later than 30 days immediately following the date of determination that it was subject to this act.
(4) A nonprofit organization subject to this act that elects to become a reimbursing employer on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection shall execute and file a surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security as approved by the commission in an amount approved by the commission to secure the payment of its obligations under this act. This subsection shall not apply to any nonprofit reimbursing employer who pays $100,000.00 or less remuneration per calendar year for employment as determined by the commission.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13b - Liability of Nonprofit Organization for Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions; Termination of Status as Reimbursing Employer; Notice of Termination; Election to Become Reimbursing Employer; Notice of Election; Termination of Election; Extension of Time; Determination of Status as Employer.

421.13b Liability of nonprofit organization for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions; termination of status as reimbursing employer; notice of termination; election to become reimbursing employer; notice of election; termination of election; extension of time; determination of status as employer.
Sec. 13b.
(1) A nonprofit organization which makes an election in accordance with section 13a(2) or (3) shall continue to be liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions until it files with the commission a written notice terminating its status as a reimbursing employer. A notice of termination may not be filed later than 30 days before the beginning of the calendar year when the termination is to be effective. Subsequent to the effective date of termination, the nonprofit organization shall be considered a newly liable employer for purposes of section 19(a).
(2) A nonprofit organization which pays contributions under this act for a period subsequent to January 1, 1972, may elect to become a reimbursing employer by filing a written notice of election with the commission not later than 30 days before the beginning of a calendar year for which the election is effective. An election may not be terminated by the organization for the same year with respect to which the election is made or the following year.
(3) The commission for good cause may extend for 30 days the period within which a notice of election or a notice of termination shall be filed under this section or under section 13a.
(4) The commission, in accordance with section 14, shall notify a nonprofit organization of a determination which is made of its status as an employer, the effective date of an election which it makes, and the termination of the election. The determinations shall be final unless further proceedings are taken pursuant to section 32a.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 104, Eff. June 9, 1974 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13c - Payments by Nonprofit Organization to Commission; Computation; Statement of Charges; Past Due Reimbursement Payments.

421.13c Payments by nonprofit organization to commission; computation; statement of charges; past due reimbursement payments.
Sec. 13c.
(1) A nonprofit organization or group of nonprofit organizations which is liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions shall pay to the commission an amount equal to the full amount of regular benefits plus the amount of extended benefits and training benefits paid during any calendar quarter that is attributable to service in the employ of such organization and which is not reimbursable by the federal government. The amount which a nonprofit organization or group of nonprofit organizations is required to pay shall be ascertained by the commission as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar quarter and a statement of charges shall be mailed to each nonprofit organization or group of organizations. Payment of the amount indicated in the statement of charges shall not be made later than 30 days after the statement of charges was mailed.
(2) Past due reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions shall be subject to the interest, penalty, assessment, and collection provisions provided in section 15.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 104, Eff. June 9, 1974
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13d - Delinquency of Nonprofit Organization in Making Reimbursement Payments; Termination of Election; Surety Bond, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, or Other Security.

421.13d Delinquency of nonprofit organization in making reimbursement payments; termination of election; surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security.
Sec. 13d.
If a nonprofit organization is delinquent in making reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as required pursuant to sections 13a to 13c, the commission may terminate the organization's election to make reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as of the beginning of the next calendar year which termination shall be effective for that and the next calendar year, or the commission may require the nonprofit organization to execute and file with the commission a surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security as approved by the commission in an amount approved by the commission to secure the payment of its obligations under this act.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13f - Reimbursement by Nonprofit Organization of Benefits Paid; Charging Benefits Paid to Rating Account of Nonprofit Organization.

421.13f Reimbursement by nonprofit organization of benefits paid; charging benefits paid to rating account of nonprofit organization.
Sec. 13f.
(1) For benefit years established before the conversion date prescribed in section 75, the benefits paid on the basis of credit weeks earned with a nonprofit organization while it was a reimbursing employer shall be reimbursed by the nonprofit organization pursuant to section 13c(1) and the benefits paid on the basis of credit weeks earned with that nonprofit organization while it was a contributing employer shall be charged to the experience account of the nonprofit organization pursuant to section 20.
(2) For benefit years established after the conversion date prescribed in section 75, the benefits paid on the basis of base period wages paid by a nonprofit organization while it was a reimbursing employer shall be reimbursed by the nonprofit organization pursuant to section 13c(1) and the benefits paid on the basis of base period wages paid by that nonprofit organization while it was a contributing employer shall be charged to the experience account of the nonprofit organization pursuant to section 20. Benefits paid to an individual and chargeable to the nonprofit organization on the basis that the nonprofit organization was the separating employer in the claim shall be charged to the experience account of the nonprofit organization if it was a contributing employer at the time of the separation, or shall be reimbursed by the nonprofit organization if it was a reimbursing employer at the time of the separation.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13h - Provisions Applicable to Reimbursement Payments in Lieu of Contributions and Reimbursing Employers.

421.13h Provisions applicable to reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions and reimbursing employers.
Sec. 13h.
Except where otherwise provided or where the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms, conditions, rules and regulations which apply to contributions and contributing employers under this act shall also apply to reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions and reimbursing employers.
History:
Add. 1974, Act 104, Eff. June 9, 1974
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13i - Governmental Entity as Reimbursing Employer or Contributing Employer; Election; Notice; Termination of Election; Liability for Reimbursement Payments; Notice Terminating Status; Extension of Period for Filing Notice of Election; Determination of Status as Employer, Effective Date of Election, and Termination of Prior Election.

421.13i Governmental entity as reimbursing employer or contributing employer; election; notice; termination of election; liability for reimbursement payments; notice terminating status; extension of period for filing notice of election; determination of status as employer, effective date of election, and termination of prior election.
Sec. 13i.
(1) Except as provided in section 13g, a governmental entity which:
(a) Is, or becomes subject to this act after December 31, 1974, shall make reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as a reimbursing employer for not less than 2 calendar years beginning January 1, 1975, unless it elects to pay contributions as a contributing employer pursuant to section 13.
(b) Becomes subject to this act on or after January 1, 1975, may elect to become a contributing employer beginning with the calendar year which contains the day when it becomes subject to this act by filing a written notice of its election with the commission not later than 30 days after the date of determination that it was subject to this act.
(c) Pays contributions under this act for a period after January 1, 1975, may elect to become a reimbursing employer by filing a written notice of the election with the commission not later than 30 days before the beginning of a calendar year for which the election is to be effective. The election may not be terminated for the calendar year with respect to which the election is made and the following calendar year.
(d) Becomes a reimbursing employer under subdivision (a) or elects to become a reimbursing employer in accordance with subdivision (c), shall continue to be liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions until it files with the commission a written notice terminating its status as a reimbursing employer and electing to become a contributing employer. The notice may not be filed later than 30 days before the beginning of the calendar year when the termination and election is to be effective. After the effective date of termination, the governmental entity shall be considered a newly liable employer for the purposes of section 19(a).
(2) The commission for good cause may extend for 30 days the period within which a notice of election shall be filed under this section.
(3) The commission, in accordance with section 14, shall notify a governmental entity of a determination which is made of its status as an employer, the effective date of an election which it makes and the termination of any prior election. The determinations shall be final unless further proceedings are taken pursuant to section 32a.
History:
Add. 1974, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.13j - Repealed. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978.

421.13j Repealed. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to effect of local unemployment compensation system within political subdivision.Section 3 of Act 277 of 1977 provides:“Section 13j of Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1936, as amended, being section 421.13j of the Compiled Laws of 1970, and Act No. 170 of the Public Acts of 1958, being section 421.501 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, are repealed. However, if a political subdivision had a local unemployment compensation system in effect at any time during the calendar week ending December 31, 1977, wages earned with such political subdivision prior to January 1, 1978 shall continue to be used in determining entitlement to benefits under such local unemployment compensation system for weeks of unemployment occurring before July 2, 1978, and for which the individual claiming benefits is not entitled to unemployment benefits under the Michigan employment security act.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.15a - Apportioned Quarterly Payments; Interest on Contribution Obligation Not Required; Failure to Make Payment.

421.15a Apportioned quarterly payments; interest on contribution obligation not required; failure to make payment.
Sec. 15a.
(1) The unemployment agency shall not collect interest on a contribution obligation that an employer pays through apportioned quarterly payments, if the employer meets the requirements of section 13(3) and has remitted the following amounts or more each quarter by the date established for each quarterly filing:
(a) First quarter - 25% of the total obligation incurred in the first quarter.
(b) Second quarter - the obligation incurred in the second quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.
(c) Third quarter - the obligation incurred in the third quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.
(d) Fourth quarter - the obligation incurred in the fourth quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.
(2) If an employer fails in any quarter to pay in full, by the due date of the tax payment for that quarter, the percentage of the tax deferred from the first quarter as described in subsection (1), the unemployment agency may collect interest at the rate specified in section 15 on the amount of the deferred tax that is due in that quarter and unpaid.
History:
Add. 2011, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 421.15a, which pertained to legal representation of state and commission by attorney general, was repealed by Act 251 of 1951, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.15b - Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

421.15b Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for fees for registering certain liens and recording the discharge.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.16 - Adjustment or Refund of Contributions or Interest.

421.16 Adjustment or refund of contributions or interest.
Sec. 16.
If not later than 3 years after the date of payment of any amount as contributions or interest thereon, an employing unit which has paid such amount shall make application for an adjustment or refund thereof the commission shall determine whether such contributions or interest or any portion thereof was erroneously collected; and the employing unit shall be promptly notified of such determination, which shall become final unless the employing unit files with the commission an application for redetermination thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 32a. If it is finally determined, redetermined or otherwise decided that any amount thus at issue was erroneously collected, the commission shall allow such employing unit to make an adjustment thereof, without interest, in connection with subsequent contribution payments by him. If the adjustment cannot be made within the ensuing 3 months the commission shall refund the amount, without interest, from the appropriate fund or funds. For like cause, in the same manner, and within the same period, adjustment or refund may be made by the commission on its own initiative. When the individual owner of an employing unit who is entitled to a refund dies or is legally declared insane or mentally incompetent, the refund shall become due and payable to the person who appears to the commission upon investigation to be the legal heir or guardian of the individual owner, or to any other person found by the commission to be equitably entitled to the refund by reason of having incurred expenses in behalf of the individual owner for his burial or other necessary expenses.
History:
1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 364, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1941 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 360, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 421.16 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.20a - Benefits Paid Under Protest or Appeal; Charge to Suspense Account; Transfer to Rating Account or Solvency Account.

421.20a Benefits paid under protest or appeal; charge to suspense account; transfer to rating account or solvency account.
Sec. 20a.
Benefits paid on or prior to June 30 of any year, under a determination, redetermination or decision which is the subject of timely protest or appeal under this act, on which final disposition has not been made by August 31 of such year, shall be charged to a suspense account within the fund as of the immediately preceding June 30 and credits issued to the appropriate employer's account as of that date. As of the date of final disposition of the protest or appeal, such benefit payments shall be transferred from the suspense account as a charge to the appropriate employer's rating account if the final disposition allows benefits, or otherwise to the solvency account as benefit overpayments.
History:
Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.21a - Allocation of Benefit Charges and Contributions Attributable to Service Performed Under Ceta-Pse.

421.21a Allocation of benefit charges and contributions attributable to service performed under CETA-PSE.
Sec. 21a.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, benefit charges and contributions attributable to services performed under the comprehensive employment and training act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 801 to 992, in public service employment, referred to in this section as CETA-PSE services, shall be allocated in accordance with this section.
(2) If an employer's account has been charged with any unemployment benefits attributable to CETA-PSE services paid for weeks of unemployment beginning January 4, 1976, through October 2, 1976, the employer shall receive a credit to its account equal to the amount of those benefits reimbursed to the commission under the emergency jobs programs extension act of 1976 (Public Law 94-444). With respect to a reimbursing employer, the credit may only be used as a credit against the future reimbursement liability of the employer or his total or partial transferee. With respect to a contributing employer, the credit may only be used as a credit to the employer's rating account.
(3) A contributing employer shall receive a credit equal to the amount of contributions the employer paid, to the extent that the contributions were based on CETA-PSE wages paid from January 1, 1975, through October 2, 1976. The credit may only be used as a credit against the employer's future contribution liability.
(4) After October 2, 1976, an employer's account shall not be charged for benefits, based on CETA-PSE services, which are reimbursed to the commission under the emergency jobs programs extension act of 1976 (Public Law 94-444). Furthermore, a contributing employer shall not be liable for contributions on CETA-PSE wages paid after October 2, 1976. If a reimbursing employer's account has been charged for benefits or a contributing employer has made contributions based on CETA-PSE wages paid after October 2, 1976, the commission shall credit the employer's account in the same manner as provided in subsections (2) and (3).
(5) For the purposes of this section, a political subdivision of this state with its own unemployment compensation program under which unemployment benefits have been paid on the basis of CETA-PSE service in its employ, shall be entitled to cash reimbursement of those benefit costs to the extent that those benefit costs are reimbursed to the commission under the emergency jobs programs extension act of 1976 (Public Law 94-444). For purposes of obtaining the federal reimbursement, the commission shall act as agent for the political subdivision.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1977
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 421.21a, pertaining to seasonal employees and their rate of contribution, was repealed by Act 281 of 1965.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.21b - Seamen on American Vessel on Great Lakes; Benefits; Seamen, Definition.

421.21b Seamen on American vessel on Great Lakes; benefits; seamen, definition.
Sec. 21b.
A seaman employed on an American vessel operating on the Great Lakes shall be entitled to benefits under this act. An offer of employment to a seaman need not be the individual's customary occupation under conditions of employment and remuneration substantially equivalent to those under which the individual has been customarily employed in such occupation.
The term "seaman" as used in this section shall mean an individual who is employed as an officer or member of a crew on an American vessel.
History:
Add. 1947, Act 360, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 421.21b ;-- Am. 1949, Act 282, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 131, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.22a - Transfer of Operations From Another State to This State; Conditions to Being Deemed Qualified Employer; Withdrawing Request for Application of Section; Furnishing Information to Commission; Wages, Contributions, and Benefits Deemed Paid in This State; Accounts.

421.22a Transfer of operations from another state to this state; conditions to being deemed qualified employer; withdrawing request for application of section; furnishing information to commission; wages, contributions, and benefits deemed paid in this state; accounts.
Sec. 22a.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, an employer who transfers all or a segregable part of his or her operations from another state to this state for the purposes of this section shall be deemed to be a qualified employer within the meaning of section 19(a)(1), as of the computation date applicable to the calendar year within which the transfer occurs, if that employer complies with all of the following:
(a) Pays wages subject to the federal unemployment tax act for 18 consecutive completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the computation date specified in this subsection.
(b) Within 90 days after the transfer of operations, notifies the commission of compliance with subdivision (a) and requests a contribution rate under section 19(a)(1).
(c) Certifies to the commission all information with respect to wages, contributions, and benefit charges in connection with the transferred operations and any other information which the commission determines to be necessary.
(2) The employer has 30 days after receipt of notice of determination of contribution rate computed under section 19(a)(1) within which to withdraw his or her request for application of this section.
(3) The employer shall furnish to the commission at the times the commission prescribes all information which the commission determines to be necessary with respect to those benefits paid, after the transfer and before each succeeding computation date, which were based on wages, applicable to the transferred operations, paid in the other state.
(4) Wages, contributions, and benefits resulting in rating account charges in connection with the transferred operations shall be deemed to have been paid in this state for the purpose of computing rates under section 19. The employer's rating account balance applicable to the transferred operations before the transfer date shall be debited to the nonchargeable benefits account; and benefits subsequently paid based on wages, applicable to the transferred operations, which were paid in the other state shall be charged to the employer's rating account and credited to the nonchargeable benefits account.
History:
Add. 1962, Act 36, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 338, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1968 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 110, Eff. June 8, 1975 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 164, Eff. Oct. 1, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.23 - Coverage of Employer; Period.

421.23 Coverage of employer; period.
Sec. 23.
Except as otherwise provided in sections 24 and 25, any employing unit which becomes an employer subject to this act within any calendar year shall be subject to this act during the whole of such calendar year.
History:
1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 324, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1939 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 364, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 421.23 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.25 - Election That Services Be Deemed Employment Subject to Act; Request for Termination of Coverage; Termination of Election.

421.25 Election that services be deemed employment subject to act; request for termination of coverage; termination of election.
Sec. 25.
(1) An employing unit for which services are performed that do not constitute employment as defined in this act may file with the commission a written election that all such services performed by individuals in its employ in 1 or more distinct establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute employment for the purposes of this act for not less than 2 calendar years. Upon the written approval of an election by the commission, the services shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to this act beginning with the calendar quarter in which the application is received by the commission. The services shall cease to be deemed employment subject hereto as of the last day of any calendar quarter subsequent to such 2 calendar years, if, during the calendar quarter the employing unit has filed with the commission a written request for termination of coverage.
(2) An employing unit for which services that constitute employment are performed, not otherwise subject to this act, which files with the commission its written election to become an employer subject hereto for not less than 2 calendar years, shall, with the written approval of that election by the commission, become an employer subject hereto to the same extent as all other employers, beginning with the calendar quarter in which the application is received by the commission, and shall cease to be subject hereto as of the last day of any calendar quarter subsequent to such 2 calendar years, if, during that calendar quarter, it has filed with the commission a written request for termination of coverage.
(3) The commission may at any time terminate an election by giving written notification to the employing unit involved.
History:
1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 347, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1937 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 364, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 421.25 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 197, Imd. Eff. May 7, 1954 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 281, Eff. July 15, 1955 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.26b - Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.

421.26b Repealed. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for assistant treasurer, specified his powers, and authorized borrowing of federal funds.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.27a - Payment of Benefits for Certain Periods of Unemployment; Amount; Conditions; Eligibility; Limitation.

421.27a Payment of benefits for certain periods of unemployment; amount; conditions; eligibility; limitation.
Sec. 27a.
When an individual has had a period of unemployment: (i) for which he has been paid benefits for 1 or more weeks or has received credit for a waiting week, (ii) which commenced with a layoff by an employing unit that continued with such employing unit for more than 3 weeks, and (iii) which has been terminated by his accepting and engaging in full-time work with any employing unit within the 13 weeks immediately following his last week of employment with such employing unit, such individual shall be paid, for the most recent week in such period for which benefits are payable or were paid to him or for which he was entitled to credit for a waiting week, an amount equal to his applicable weekly benefit rate in addition to any benefits otherwise payable or paid to him for such week. An individual shall be deemed to be engaged in full-time work for an employing unit if he has earned with such employing unit within any period of 7 consecutive days commencing within such 13-week period an amount equal to his currently applicable weekly benefit rate. Benefits shall be payable under this section only to those individuals who had been paid benefits for 1 or more weeks or had received credit for a waiting week in a benefit year which had not expired prior to February 10, 1974, and only for 1 week in an individual's benefit year and only to the extent that the individual is otherwise entitled to benefits under section 27(d). To be eligible for benefits under this section, an individual shall file therefor within 13 calendar weeks after the end of the week for which benefits are payable in accordance with this section, or within 13 weeks after the week this section become effective, whichever is later. No benefits payable in accordance with this section shall be paid for any week of unemployment beginning on or after February 2, 1975.
History:
Add. 1974, Act 104, Eff. June 9, 1974
Compiler's Notes:
In the next to last sentence, “section become effective” evidently should read “section becomes effective”.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.27c - Noncharging Employer Account; Monetary Redetermination; Conditions.

421.27c Noncharging employer account; monetary redetermination; conditions.
Sec 27c.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, for benefit years beginning on or after October 1, 2000 and before January 1, 2014, if a base period contributing employer notifies the agency that it paid gross wages to a claimant in a week at least equal to the employer's benefit charge for that claimant for the week, then the agency shall issue a monetary redetermination noncharging the account of that employer for that week and for the remaining weeks of the benefit year for benefits payable to that claimant that would otherwise be charged to the employer's account. For benefit years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, benefits payable to an individual for a week and for each remaining payable week in the benefit year shall be charged to the nonchargeable benefits account if either of the following occurs:
(a) The individual reports gross earnings in the week with a contributing base period employer at least equal to the employer's benefit charges for that individual for the week.
(b) A contributing base period employer timely protests a determination charging benefits to its account for a week in which the employer paid gross wages to the individual at least equal to the employer's charges for benefits paid to that individual for that week.
History:
Add. 2011, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2011
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.27n - Repealed. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965.

421.27n Repealed. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for offset of amounts collected under workmen's compensation act.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.28b - Definitions; MCL 421.28c to 421.28m.

421.28b Definitions; MCL 421.28c to 421.28m.
Sec. 28b.
As used in this section and sections 28c to 28m:
(a) "Affected unit" means a department, shift, or other organizational unit of 2 or more employees that is designated by an employer to participate in a shared-work plan.
(b) "Approved shared-work plan" means an employer's shared-work plan that meets the requirements of section 28d and that the unemployment agency approves in writing.
(c) "Fringe benefit" means health insurance, a retirement benefit received under a pension plan or defined contribution plan, a paid vacation day, a paid holiday, sick leave, or any other similar employee benefit provided by an employer.
(d) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the established standard work times and number of hours in the workweek for the position or, if standard work times and number of hours have not been established for the position, the work times and average number of hours per week actually worked by the employee in that position over the most recent 3 months before the employer files the application for designation as a participating employer.
(e) "Participating employee" means an employee in the affected unit whose hours of work are reduced by the reduction percentage under the shared-work plan. Participating employee does not include a seasonal worker as defined in section 27(o)(9)(e) or a worker employed on a temporary or intermittent basis.
(f) "Participating employer" means an employer that has a shared-work plan in effect.
(g) "Reduction percentage" means the percentage by which each participating employee's normal weekly hours of work are reduced under a shared-work plan in accordance with section 28d(2).
(h) "Shared-work plan" means a plan for reducing unemployment under which employees of an affected unit share a reduced workload through reduction in their normal weekly hours of work.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 216, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.28d - Shared-Work Plan; Approval by Unemployment Agency; Requirements; Reduction Percentage.

421.28d Shared-work plan; approval by unemployment agency; requirements; reduction percentage.
Sec. 28d.
(1) The unemployment agency shall approve a shared-work plan only if the plan meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The shared-work plan applies to 1 affected unit.
(b) All employees in the affected unit are participating employees, except that, until March 31, 2021, an employee whose hours of work per week determined under subdivision (e) are 40 or more hours must not be a participating employee.
(c) There are no fewer than 2 participating employees, determined without regard to corporate officers.
(d) The participating employees are identified by name and Social Security number.
(e) The number of hours a participating employee will work each week during the effective period of the shared-work plan is the number of the employee's normal weekly hours of work reduced by the reduction percentage.
(f) The plan includes an estimate of the number of employees who would have been laid off if the plan were not implemented.
(g) The plan indicates the manner in which the employer will give advance notice, if feasible, to an employee whose hours of work per week under the plan will be reduced.
(h) As a result of a decrease in the number of hours worked by each participating employee, there is a corresponding reduction in wages.
(i) The shared-work plan does not affect the fringe benefits of any participating employee.
(j) The specified effective period of the shared-work plan is 52 consecutive weeks or less and the benefits payable under the shared-work plan will not exceed 20 times the weekly benefit amount for each participating employee, calculated without regard to any existing benefit year.
(k) The reduction percentage satisfies the requirements of subsection (2).
(2) The reduction percentage under an approved shared-work plan shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a) The reduction percentage shall be no less than 15% and no more than 45% or, until March 31, 2021, no less than 10% and no more than 60%.
(b) The reduction percentage shall be the same for all participating employees.
(c) The reduction percentage shall not change during the period of the shared-work plan unless the plan is modified in accordance with section 28i.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 216, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2020 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.28e - Shared-Work Plan; Approval or Disapproval by Unemployment Agency.

421.28e Shared-work plan; approval or disapproval by unemployment agency.
Sec. 28e.
The unemployment agency shall approve or disapprove a shared-work plan no later than 15 days after the date the unemployment agency receives an employer's shared-work plan application that meets the requirements of sections 28c and 28d. The unemployment agency's decision shall be expressed in writing and, if the shared-work plan is disapproved, shall include the reasons for the disapproval.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 216, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.28f - Shared-Work Plan; Effective Period.

421.28f Shared-work plan; effective period.
Sec. 28f.
(1) A shared-work plan is effective for the number of consecutive weeks indicated in the employer's application, or a lesser number of weeks as approved by the unemployment agency, unless sooner terminated in accordance with section 28j.
(2) The effective period of the shared-work plan shall begin with the first calendar week following the date on which the unemployment agency approves the plan.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 216, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013