Bill > HB5005

This bill amends Michigan's employment security law to modify provisions related to unemployment benefits and disqualification. The bill makes several key changes, including removing a provision that automatically considers an employee to have voluntarily quit if they are absent from work for 3 consecutive days without contacting their employer. It updates language around temporary help firms, clarifying notification requirements for employees. The bill also makes technical changes to various subsections, such as replacing "pursuant to" with "in accordance with" and adjusting timeframes for certain disqualification provisions. For example, it changes the effective date for provisions related to domestic violence victims from the date of the amendatory act to April 2, 2025. The bill also modifies language around drug testing and controlled substance-related terminations, and makes minor grammatical adjustments throughout the text of the employment security law. These changes aim to provide more precise language and potentially clarify circumstances under which an individual may be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-5005