12/26/24 - MI Unemployment Benefits Increasing in 2025

Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 5:09 PM

Michian Governor signs bills to increase benefits for the unemployed, and extends those benefits to six months. Image courtesy of the Michgan Capitol. 12/26/24.

For the first time in over a decade, Michigan unemployment benefits are increasing.

 

Michigan unemployment benefits are going up for the first time since 2011. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed six bills this week to extend unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, up from 20 put in place during the Snyder administration. Weekly maximum benefits will also increase by $250 on average, the first such increase since 2003. 

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