After Years of Silence, Michigan Moves to Reclaim $2.7 Billion in Unemployment Benefits

Collections restart this month, forcing 350,000 Michiganders to repay benefits received during the pandemic.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is restarting efforts to collect more than $2.7 billion in unemployment benefit overpayments from roughly 350,000 workers, following settlement of a class‐action lawsuit that had paused collection activity.

What’s Happening & Key Dates

Under a court‐approved settlement in Saunders v. UIA, the UIA will lift the pause on collecting…