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Sec. 31-237j. Appeals to referee section; jurisdiction, venue; panel of referees.

      Sec. 31-237j. Appeals to referee section; jurisdiction, venue; panel of referees. (a) The referees shall promptly hear and decide appeals from the decisions of the administrator of this chapter, or his designee, appeals from all other determinations made pursuant to any provision of this chapter and appeals from any proceeding conducted by authorized personnel of the Employment Security Division pursuant to directives of the United States of America and the Secretary of Labor of the United States. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in the applicable federal directives, appeals to referees shall be filed within the time limits and under the conditions prescribed in section 31-241.

      (b) The referees shall have state-wide jurisdiction and venue, and referee proceedings shall be conducted throughout the state in such places as are reasonably convenient for the parties.

      (c) The chief referee may appoint a panel of three referees to hear and decide any appeal involving (1) complex issues of fact, (2) complex issues of law, (3) multiple parties or (4) numerous witnesses. The decision on all such appeals shall be by a majority vote of the full panel.

      (P.A. 74-339, S. 10, 11, 36; P.A. 81-5, S. 3; P.A. 88-53, S. 2; 88-72.)

      History: P.A. 81-5 deleted obsolete Subsec. (c), which concerned the transfer of proceedings pending before the unemployment commissioner on July 1, 1974; P.A. 88-53 added Subsec. (c) concerning the appointment of a panel of three referees to hear and decide certain appeals; P.A. 88-72 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in federal directives, appeals shall be filed as prescribed in Sec. 31-241.

      Cited. 6 CA 588.

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