UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
House Bill 5796
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Woronchak
Committee: Employment Relations, Training and Safety
Complete to 3-13-02
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 5796 AS INTRODUCED 3-13-02
House Bill 5796 would amend the Michigan Employment Security Act to increase an individual's maximum weekly unemployment compensation benefit to $400. The bill also specifies that an individual's weekly benefit rate would be 4.3 percent of the wages paid in the calendar quarter of the base period that paid the highest total wages, plus $6 for each dependent (up to five dependents).
Currently under the law, an individual's maximum benefit rate is $300, and the law specifies that the weekly benefit rate be 4.1 percent of the individuals' wages paid in the calendar quarter of the base wage period that paid the highest total wages, plus $6 for each dependent (up to five dependents).
MCL 421.27
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.