Sec.31-237g-16. Processing of appeal to the Referee

(Statutory reference: 31-237h, 31-238, 31-249c, 31-244a)

(a) Each appeal to the Referee from a decision of the Administrator shall be filed through a mechanism specified by the Appeals Division or by means of a document which clearly indicates a desire for appellate review of such decision and which shall be prepared in substantial compliance with the guidelines set forth in Section 31-237g-10(a) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(b) Immediately upon receipt of an appeal to the Referee the Employment Security office involved shall:

(1) stamp the appeal, and the supplemental documentation accompanying the appeal, to indicate the date and the office where such appeal was filed;

(2) if necessary, forward such appeal, and all documentation accompanying the appeal, to the Employment Security office maintaining the file records concerning the Administrator’s decision involved.

(c) Immediately upon receipt of an appeal to the Referee at the Employment Security office maintaining the file records concerning the Administrator’s decision involved, such Employment Security office shall provide to such Appeals Division office as the Appeals Division shall direct to be the appropriate office for prompt processing of such appeal: the original appeal together with all the information, documentation and records which the Appeals Division reasonably requires for the prompt and proper disposition of the appeal by the Appeals Division. The Employment Security office involved shall maintain duplicate copies of all such documentary file records provided to the Appeals Division.

(Effective June 23, 1986; Amended October 27, 1997; Amended June 3, 2021)