Connecticut General Statutes 31-249 – Appeal from employment security referee’s decision to Employment Security Board of Review
At any time before the referee‘s decision has become final within the periods of limitation prescribed in § 31-248, any party including the administrator, may appeal therefrom to the board. Such appeal shall be filed in a manner prescribed by the appeals division and may be heard in any local office of the Employment Security Division or, in the case of an interstate claim, in the office in which the claim was filed, or in the office of the appeals referee or the board of review. Such appeal to the board may be heard on the record of the hearing before the referee or the board may hear additional evidence or testimony, provided the board shall determine what evidence shall be heard in the appeal established in accordance with the standards and criteria in regulations adopted pursuant to § 31-237g. The board may remand the case to a referee for such further proceedings as it may direct. Upon the final determination of the appeal by the board, it shall issue its decision, affirming, modifying or reversing the decision of the referee. The board shall state in each decision whether or not it was based on the record of the hearing before the referees, the reasons for the decision and the citations of any precedents used to support it. In any case in which the board modifies the referee’s findings of fact or conclusions of law, the board’s decision shall include its findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-249
- Administrator: means the Labor Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-222
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
- Board: means the Employment Security Board of Review. 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
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Referee: means an employment security appeals referee. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-237a
- Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
- 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
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.