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So I still owe Unemployment almost $8,000!
This has been going on since last August! Anyone else in this predicament? Any advice?
This was posted in the Michigan group.
For 14 years I was treasurer for our local humane society, in a small, Michigan town. We run a no-kill shelter, which employs about 6--8 minimum wage employees to clean litter boxes and kennels, and feed and water animals. Necessary, but not particularly intellectually challenging work. They were getting maybe, at most, about 15 hourse per week. The pandemic was a true bonanza for our employees. $600/week, when they had been making less than $100. I spent countless hours filling out forms and emailing UIA, trying to explain that there was no eligibility. A few of the employees slipped by, in spite of my efforts.
One of the most persistent actually did get her UC for several months. FINALLY there was a determination that she was ineligible, but she claimed financial hardship as the reason she couldn't pay it back, and they accepted her excuse.
So, bif, my opinion is that if you applied for something you weren't eligible for, or if you accepted taxpayer $$$ that you didn't deserve, tough s***. Pay up, a**hole.