• UIA Online Services for Employers
Employers can perform a variety of UIA functions and access UIA account information on-line. Click on the UIA Online Services for Employers link for access to the services. The online services are available from 7:00 a.m. Monday to 7:00 p.m. Saturday.

• New Legislative Update
On December 19, 2011, Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation strengthening the Michigan's unemployment insurance program. Additionally, on December 28, 2011, State Treasurer Andy Dillon and Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Steven Hilfinger announced the repayment of Michigan's $3.2 billion Unemployment Trust Fund balance to the U.S. Treasury. The repayment to the federal government was made possible through this week's sale of variable rate demand bonds by the Michigan Finance Authority.

• UIA Employer Services Brochure 
Looking for a comprehensive list of UIA employer services? Look no further; here it is!

• Detect Fraud, Prevent Fraud
Protecting the integrity of the unemployment insurance program is of the utmost importance to the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). You can also help in the campaign to stop fraud.

• UIA 1252, Online New Employer Package
As a convenience to new employers in Michigan, the agency now makes its new employer package available online. Called the UIA 1252, Online New Employer Package, this single PDF file contains several forms and publications useful and important to new employers.

• Form UIA 1005, Registration for Client Level Reporting
Form UIA 1005, Registration for Client Level Reporting -- This form is for use by Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) to register their clients in compliance with Section 13m of the MES Act (Public Act 383 of 2010). Instead of completing Form 518, a PEO should complete this form for each of their clients for whom a UIA employer account number is needed.

• Michigan Unemployment Tax Credit
Contributing employers with positive experience account balances can now apply for the Michigan tax credit. Details inside.

• 2012 Employer Seminars
The Unemployment Insurance Agency is offering free seminars to acquaint employers with the unemployment insurance system in Michigan and recent changes with the UIA.

• Electronic Payments for Unemployed Workers
The UIA now offers two new unemployment benefit payment options: debit card and direct deposit.

• Subscribe to the Michigan Employer Advisor Newsletter
We have stopped publishing the Michigan Employer Advisor newsletter on paper. Subscribe here to receive future editions of the Advisor electronically.

• Michigan Targets SUTA Dumping
Michigan's unemployment insurance program is starting to crack down on employers that are trying to reduce their high unemployment rates through various tax-avoidance practices. Known as SUTA (state unemployment tax act) dumping, these sophisticated shell games are costing Michigan's unemployment trust fund up to an estimated $95 million a year. Many of these unethical practices are already illegal.

• Tax Teams Are Changing 
We want to service employers better! To improve efficiency, quality of work, and timeliness in processing your requests, the Agency is changing the way we service our employers. Currently, the Employer Tax Teams service your account based on the last three digits of your seven-digit Employer Account Number. Effective June 2, 2008, employers who call the Tax Office with questions, requests, or for other assistance will be serviced by the next available staff person in the area that handles the function.

• Stand-Alone UIA Schedule B 
UIA Schedule B is included in the 518 Booklets, "Registration for Michigan Taxes," used by employers starting NEW businesses to register those new businesses for various kinds of Michigan business taxes, including unemployment compensation taxes. PLEASE NOTE: UIA SCHEDULE B MUST BE COMPLETED WHENEVER THERE IS A TRANSFER OF ORGANIZATION (EMPLOYEES), TRADE (CUSTOMERS/ACCOUNTS), BUSINESS (PRODUCTS/SERVICES), OR ASSETS BETWEEN BUSINESS ENTITIES, EVEN THOSE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. UIA Schedule B is therefore being made available on the internet as a stand-alone form, as a convenience to the employer community, so that it can be filed by the employer receiving (acquiring) the organization, trade, business, or assets of another employer, or another subsidiary of the same employer, EVEN when the acquiring entity is not a NEW business entity.

• Employers' Questions
Employers with questions can now call our Office of Employer Ombudsman (OEO) unit at 1-855-4UIAOEO (855-484-2636). Outside of Michigan, please call 1-313-456-2300. You can also email your question to OEO@michigan.gov.

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program has been extended through December 31, 2011. Exceptions to the extension are; (1) Effective for start dates on or after January 1, 2010, the Detroit and Flint Renewal Communities (RC's) are no longer eligible for WOTC; and (2) The Unemployed Veteran and Disconnected Youth target groups expired on December 31, 2010. Employers are advised to continue to submit their certification requests for these two target groups in anticipation of a retroactive authorization.

• When to Report Wages

• Request A 1017e Presentation

• Reel Tapes Phased Out

• UC 1017e, Interactive Wage Detail Report