Lost Wages Assistance Update

The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has started processing payments for Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) for eligible Michiganders. Due to the large volume of payments to be processed, workers will begin receiving LWA payments over the next week to ten days. Initially, eligible claimants will receive LWA for the benefit weeks ending Aug. 1, Aug. 8 and Aug. 15, 2020. To be eligible for LWA, a claimant’s weekly benefit amount must be at least $100 (before deductions).

If you are already receiving unemployment benefits, you do not need to do anything additional to qualify for this payment at this time. Continue to certify bi-weekly as you normally would. Please do not contact Customer Service regarding your LWA payment. Check your MiWAM account for information on the status of your claim. Read the full release.