March 25, 2025
A Michigan federal judge has slashed a union and claimants' lawsuit alleging the state's unemployment insurance agency improperly automatically denied or clawed back payments, finding that temporary COVID-19 pandemic assistance benefits are not constitutionally protected rights and the claimants received proper notice of an end to their benefits.
November 05, 2024
The United Auto Workers union and Michigan residents urged a federal judge Monday to certify a class of people who say the state suspended their unemployment payments without proper notice, a practice the claimants say violates a seven-year-old agreement with the state's unemployment insurance agency.
September 14, 2023
A Michigan federal judge won't reconsider his earlier decision denying a request by the United Auto Workers to stop the state's Unemployment Insurance Agency from freezing benefits before making a final determination and without notifying claimants, saying Thursday the union didn't show the court made a mistake.