Michigan Unemployment Eligibility

In order to establish unemployment eligibility in Michigan you have to:
1. Be a resident of Michigan. If you are not a resident of Michigan, but worked in Michigan at your last job, you should still have Michigan unemployment eligibility.
2. Have worked and earned income in Michigan.
3. You must not be disabled.
4. You must be able to work.
5. You must be actively looking for a new job.
6. You must have lost your job through no fault of your own. If you quit your job or were fired for 'just cause' you may not be eligible to collect unemployment in Michigan. Every case is different, so if you lost your job -- be sure to apply to unemployment in case you are indeed eligible to receive unemployment benefits.
There are special rules that apply to unemployment elibility for military personnel and union workers, so check with your mility or union representative for these rules.
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To go the main Michigan Unemployment page, click here: Michigan Unemployment
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Was skipped through the levels of verbal and written and taken
To a decision day based on that I did not follow up on a lower
Level associates work being done and accepted their verbal
That they were done. Termination was given 6 months later
For misconduct due to telling an associate that after the bad
Tour we had had by the Distrct manager that if I was going down so was she. I wrongly said this on the sales floor. Will I
Be eligible for unemployment.?
In late 2010 I was told I should never have received unemployment insurance. I needed a doctor's note before I returned to work. I was never told that. The state of Michigan / the company I work for is suing me for the unemployment benefits I received even though my doctors have told me I can still do the same work I was doing before which was sedentary computer work. If I can still do the same job and was never told that I needed a doctors' note to return to a job than why do I have to repay the unemployment benefits. I'm on my last appeal and was denied an oral hearing. The original determination was that there was no intent to deceive the State of Michigan. The ruling stated a law giving the example of a nurse injured on the job lifting a patient, however if the nurse is still able to draw blood and do other nursing duties as long as she doesn't lift than she is still considered a nurse and can work as a nurse. Why am I being told I'm not capable of doing the same sedentary job that I was doing before without a doctor's note? Why would I get a doctor's note if I didn't have a job or a person to turn it in to? As it is now, I will end up filing for bankruptcy; I didn't work for almost 3 years...I can't afford to pay back the unemployment I received.
THANKS!
I previously worked for a company and got laid off. I then got unemployment for several weeks. They disputed my need to receive unemployment, and I was unanware of the dispute(I had moved) and then there was a three way call with a judge, the company owner and myself(who was absent because I was unaware). The judge ruled in my bosses favor, so in turn, everything I received was ruled as an overpayment, and I was unable to receive benefits immediately after that.
It is now 3/20/2013 obviously, am i ineligible for unemployment because of my past incident? I work for a completely different company in a completely different line of work.
Thanks.
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