Unemployment

Lawsuit Goes After State Computer Contractors for Unemployment Insurance Flap

Michiganders who say they were falsely flagged for unemployment fraud by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency computer system are going after the state contractors who provided the technology in a federal lawsuit. “They are the businesses that got paid millions of dollars…. to design and implement the systems that we know positively, unequivocally failed in what they were …


Software Vendors Face Lawsuit for Unemployment Fraud Debacle

Software vendors behind the Unemployment Insurance Agency’s failed computer system, MiDAS, are at the center of a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. The class action suit names SAS Analytics, Fast Enterprises, and CSG Government Solutions as defendants. Three citizens who experienced unemployment woes are named as plaintiffs and are representing the thousands of people wrongly …


Michigan Settles Federal Unemployment Fraud Case

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency on Thursday agreed to a series of broad policy reforms as it settled a federal lawsuit stemming from the state’s past reliance on an automated computer system that made more than 20,000 false fraud claims against residents over a nearly two-year span. U.S. District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland signed an order …



Attorney on Jobless Aid: The System Is Flawed

An attorney suing the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, alleging it has wrongly accused tens of thousands of residents of fraud and unlawfully confiscated tens of millions of dollars in benefits and penalties, says …