Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 237g - Proceedings on Disputed Matters Pertaining to Unemployment Compensation Claims › Article I - General Provisions › Section 31-237g-2 - Appeals Division

Current through July 10, 2024
(Statutory reference: 31-237b, 31-237c, 31-237e, 31-237f, 31-
				  237g, 31-249d)
(a) The Appeals
				Division controls the administrative appellate system for adjudicating appeals
				from determinations of the Administrator and consists of the Board of Review
				and the Referee Section. The Referee Section shall be subject to the Board's
				administrative direction, supervision and control. Subject to the provisions of
				Chapter 67 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Board may appoint such
				employees in the Appeals Division as it deems necessary to carry out the
				responsibilities of the Appeals Division provided the Board shall appoint a
				Staff Assistant to the Board. In the performance of its duties the Appeals
				Division is autonomous and separate from the Administrator.
(b) The Board shall undertake such
				investigations as it deems necessary and consistent with the provisions of
				Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Board shall consist of
				three members appointed by the Governor, one of which shall be designated as
				Chairman of the Board of Review. Such Chairman shall be in the classified
				service and devote full time to the duties of his office. The other two members
				appointed to serve during the appointing Governor's term of office shall be a
				representative of employers and a representative of employees and shall devote
				full time to the duties of their offices. The members of the Board representing
				employers and employees shall be selected as representatives based upon
				previous vocation, employment or affiliation. A member of the Board may be
				removed by the Governor for cause pursuant to the Connecticut General Statutes.
				Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. In the
				case of a disqualification of a Board member, or at any time a member of the
				Board is incapacitated to serve, an alternate member appointed by the governor
				shall serve in place of the board member, provided that the alternate member so
				appointed shall represent the same interest as the board member in whose place
				he serves. The board may, at its option, require alternate members to sit with
				it in the fulfillment of any function of the board. The Staff Assistant shall
				be qualified, by reason of his training, education and experience, to carry out
				the duties of the position, which include, but are not limited to, performing
				legal research for the Board, advising Referees on legal matters relating to
				procedural and substantive problems of hearings and appeals, assisting the
				Chairman in preparing legislative amendments to unemployment compensation law
				pertaining to appellate matters, serving as Acting Chairman of the Board in the
				Chairman's absence, and other related duties as required.
(c) No person serving as a Referee, Staff
				Assistant, member of the Board, or legal staff to the board shall appear for or
				on behalf of any party, other than himself, before any other Referee or before
				the Board. No person serving as a Referee, Staff Assistant or, member of the
				Board, or legal staff to the board shall appear in any court for or on behalf
				of any party, other than himself or the board, whose matter before the court
				consists of an appeal or other proceeding which commenced before one of the
				Referees or before the Board.