Connecticut General Statutes 31-237e – Employment Security Appeals Division personnel, payment, appointment
(a) The members of the board, the chief referee and the referees of the state shall each be paid from the Employment Security Administration Fund a salary to be determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to § 4-40, provided the chief referee shall receive a salary greater than the salary paid to a referee and the chairperson of the board shall receive a salary greater than the salary paid to the chief referee. Expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties of office by the chairperson and members of the board, the chief referee, and the referees shall be reimbursed in accordance with regulations established for state employees by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-237e
- Appeals division: means the Employment Security Appeals Division consisting of the board members, the referees employed in the referee section and all other supporting staff members employed in that division for discharge of its responsibilities as set forth in this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Board: means the Employment Security Board of Review. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- Chief referee: means the chief referee of the referee section. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- employment: shall include services described in clause (I) and (II) above performed after December 31, 1971, if 1. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-222
- Referee: means an employment security appeals referee. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- Staff assistant: means the staff assistant to the Employment Security Board of Review. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- State: means any state of the United States and shall include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on the day after the day on which the Secretary of Labor accepts an unemployment insurance law submitted by the Virgin Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-222
(b) Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, the board may appoint such employees in the appeals division as it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter, provided the board shall appoint a staff assistant. The staff assistant shall be qualified, by reason of 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 board chairperson in preparing legislative amendments to unemployment compensation law pertaining to appellate matters, serving as acting chairperson of the board in the chairperson’s absence, and other related duties as required.