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DETROIT - Employers across the state will have an opportunity to learn more about the unemployment insurance system in Michigan at an upcoming Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) Employer Seminar.

This will be the fourth year that the agency offers seminars, which have proven to be quite popular among employers throughout the state. In recent weeks seminars were held across the state’s Upper and Northern Lower Peninsula.

The seminars are conducted by UIA staff and will cover such topics as how unemployment benefits are calculated and then charged to employers, how most employers may qualify for a state UI tax credit, how to complete UIA tax-related forms and how to use the various online services the agency offers.

The agency reminds employers to register early as these sessions are expected to fill up quickly.

The sessions cover the areas of Michigan’s unemployment insurance tax and benefit programs that employers most often have questions about as well as discuss recent changes at the agency and offer plenty of time for answering employer questions.

This year a new feature has been added to the seminars in which participants will see a mock hearing, where attendees can get a better understanding of what to expect during the appeals process.

Agency staff will also be on hand with online access so they can help immediately answer any employer inquiry regarding their account status.

Each seminar will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. with a one hour lunch break. The agency will not be providing lunch.

The Employer Seminars are listed as follows:

June 15
Kalamazoo
Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center Haworth College of Business, WMU
http://kalamazooemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

June 22
Owosso
Baker College Conference Center
http://owossoemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

June 28
Midland
Great Hall Banquet & Convention Center
http://midlandemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

July 7
Clinton Twp.
Macomb Intermediate School District
http://clintontwpemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

July 14
Lansing
State of Michigan Library & Historical Center
http://lansingemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

July 20
Detroit
State of Michigan – Cadillac Place
http://detemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

August 3
Dearborn
Henry Ford Community College M-TEC
http://dearbornemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

August 9
Grand Rapids
Wisner-Botrall Applied Technology Center at Grand Rapids Community College
http://gremployerseminar.eventbrite.com

August 10
Grand Rapids
Wisner-Botrall Applied Technology Center at Grand Rapids Community College
http://grandrapidsemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

August 11
Greenville
Montcalm Community College M-TEC
http://greenvilleemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

August 25
Livonia
Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center
http://livoniaemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

September 8
Clinton Twp.
Macomb Intermediate School District
http://clintontownshipemployerseminar.eventbrite.com

September 13
Jackson
Baker College – Jackson Campus
http://jackson2employerseminar.eventbrite.com

September 15
Lansing
State of Michigan Library & Historical Center
http://lansing2employerseminar.eventbrite.com

Employers can register to attend a seminar online by selecting one of the locations and clicking on the “Register” tab. For questions about the seminar, please call Employer Customer Relations at (800) 638-3994 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The meeting sites and parking are accessible. People with disabilities requiring additional accommodations (such as materials in alternative formats) in order to participate in the meeting should email UIA’s Employer Customer Relations unit at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at least three business days prior to the meeting.

For more information about LARA, please visit www.michigan.gov/lara