Michigan Work Search Requirements
You are required to actively search for work every week
you receive unemployment benefits. This includes
making at least two job contacts each week and keeping
a record of your searches. You must inform UIA of your
work search and provide proof of your work search if
audited.
Reporting Your Work Search
• Your work search is due every four weeks.
• Work search contacts can be entered at the time
of bi-weekly certification in MiWAM.
• You can submit your work search online at www.
michigan.gov, by fax to 1 -517-636-0427, by mail,
using Form UIA 1583, Record of Work Search, or
in an alternative format (e.g. excel spread sheet,
or hand written on paper), to Unemployment
Insurance Agency, P.O. Box 169, Grand Rapids, Ml
49501-0169, or drop it off in person at any UIA
Local Office. Form UIA 1583 is provided in the
back of this booklet.
• When submitting your work search, include your
name and Social Security Number on each page.
The following are not considered weekly work contacts:
• Checking back with a temporary agency for more
work.
• Using your current part-time employer as a work
contact.
• Seeking or working in self-employment.
Work search details must be received by the
Unemployment Insurance Agency no later than the end
of the fourth week from the "First Week Ending Date" that
you listed on the form. To make the process easier, submit
your work search with your bi-weekly certification.
Reporting Your Work Search When
You Return to Work
If you certify for the "First Week Ending Date" and return
to work, the work search must be submitted within four
weeks of the "First Week Ending Date" in order for it to be
on time. You do not have to wait four weeks to submit this
form, however, you can not mail your work search before
the first week.
It is important to submit your work search for the weeks
you were laid off even after you returned to work.
IMPORTANT
Your work search is subject to audit and verification.
Keep a detailed copy for your records in case you are
selected for an audit. UIA may verify your work search
at any time.
Failing to submit timely and accurate work search
forms may prevent payment of your Ul benefits.
After collecting 50 percent of your entitled weeks,
you must apply for and accept any work that is
suitable (see Fact Sheet #145, What is Suitable Workon
the UIA website).
It is important to keep your address up-to-date with
UIA, so we can contact you if there is a question
about your payment.
Michigan Works! Agency Service Centers
Visit your local Michigan Works! Agency (MWA) Service
Center to create or update your resume, sharpen your
interview skills and more. Go to www.michiganworks.
org or call 1 -800-285-WORK (9675) for the service center
nearest you. You may also be selected to participate
in individualized Reemployment Services to help you
become employed again. Reemployment services may
include:
• Job search assistance
• Individualized assessment
• Job placement services
• Job search workshops
• Counseling
• Job clubs
• Skills or aptitude testing
• Resume writing assistance
If you are selected and fail to participate, your eligibility
may be affected.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
WORK SEARCH
Temporary Layoff
When you filed your new claim or reopened your claim,
you were asked about your return-to-work-date. If
you are expected to return to full-time work with your
employer within 45 days from your claim file or reopened
date, your employer can request that you be waived from
the work registration and work search requirements.
Review your Monetary Determination to see if you have
received a waiver. A waiver will also show you the date
you must register by if you do not return to work as
originally expected.
If you are on a temporary layoff from a full-time job
(between 45 and 120 days from your last day worked),
you may not have to register for work with MWA to
receive unemployment benefits, however, you may be
required to seek work (seepage 6, Work Search in this
booklet for additional information). Review your Monetary
Determination for instructions and find out if this waiver
applies. In these circumstances, you are still required to
actively look for work.
Union Halls
If you get your job assignment through a union hiring
hall, you do not have to register for work. If you seek work
only through a union hall, you must follow union hiring
hall procedures for checking in for work. You must submit
Form UIA 1583, indicating you are seeking work through
a union hiring hall for each week.