Sec.31-237g-101. Definitions

For purposes of sections 31-237g-101 through 31-237g-107:

(a) "Administrator" means the Commissioner of Labor, whose address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, and his/her designated representatives.

(b) "Appeals Division" means the Employment Security Appeals Division of the Connecticut Labor Department, consisting of the Board of Review, the Referee Section, and all support staff employed in the Appeals Division for discharge of the Appeals Divisions' responsibilities as set forth in chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) "Authorized agent" means any person who is, pursuant to section 31-237g-11 (b) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, duly authorized by a party to represent such party in a proceeding before the Appeals Division.

(d) "Board" means the Employment Security Board of Review.

(e) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Employment Security Board of Review, whose address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109.

(f) "Contested case" means a proceeding, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by statute to be determined by the Board after an opportunity for hearing or in which a hearing is in fact held, but does not include proceedings on a petition for a declaratory ruling under section 4-176 of the Connecticut General Statutes or hearings referred to in section 4-168 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Any matter which may come before the Appeals Division under chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes, including matters brought pursuant to section 31-237j (a) of the Connecticut General Statutes, is a contested case.

(g) "Intervenor" means a person, other than a party, granted status as an intervenor by the Board in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176 (d) or 4-177a (b) of the Connecticut General Statutes and section 31-237g-105 (d) of these regulations.

(h) "Party" means each person (A) whose legal rights, duties or privileges are required by statute to be determined by the Board and who is named or admitted as a party, (B) who is required by law to be a party in a Board proceeding, or (C) who is granted status as a party in accordance with the provisions section 4-177a (a) of the Connecticut General Statutes and section 31-237g-105 (c) of these regulations. The Administrator is a party to any proceeding before the Board.

(i) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, agency, or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the Board of Review.

(j) "Referee" means an Employment Security Appeals Referee.

(Effective March 30, 1990)