Learn how to report through your MiWAM account
NFIB has had many small business owners reach out in frustration that job applicants are merely “checking a box” by applying for jobs in order to continue their unemployment insurance benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency has indicated that an employer can report through their MiWAM account a job candidate who declines an offer to work. The applicant must have an active unemployment claim for the report to be reviewed by UIA.
There are two ways to make a report. Out-of-state employers, users who do not have a MiWAM account, or employers who do not yet have the applicant’s SSN can use the alternative option to make the report.
Protest for Refusal of Work
- Log in to your MIWAM account.
- Click on the UI Tax link.
- Click on Account Services.
- Under Benefit Services, click on Report Refusal of Offer of Work.
- Follow the steps to report and click to submit when finished.
MiWAM Reporting Alternatives
- If a claimant fails to interview, submit the date, time, and employer name and address of where the interview was to take place.
- Include the claimant’s name, address, and phone number, and Social Security number (SSN).
- Mail the information to the MI Unemployment Insurance Agency, P.O. Box 169, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0169 or fax to: (517) 636-0427
