Article III

Appeals to the Board

(Statutory reference: 31-249, 31-249a)

1. (a) Each appeal to the Board from a Referee’s decision on an appeal shall be filed through a mechanism specified by the Appeals Division, or by means of a document which shall:

   1. (1) be entitled: “APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW”; and(2) be prepared in accordance with Section 31-237g-10 (a) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

2. (b) Immediately upon receipt of an appeal to the Board of Review the Employment Security office involved shall:

   1. (1) stamp the appeal and all supplemental documentation accompanying the appeal to indicate the date and the office where such appeal was filed; and (2) forward such appeal, and all the documentation accompanying the appeal to the Appeals Division office maintaining the file records concerning the Referee’s decision involved.
3. (c) Immediately upon receipt of an appeal to the Board of Review at the Appeals Division office maintaining the file records concerning such Referee’s decision, the Referee shall, without undue delay, either (1) treat and process such appeal petition as a motion to the Referee to reopen, vacate, set aside or modify such decision, or (2) treat and process such appeal petition as an appeal to the Board of Review. If the Referee treats such petition as an appeal to the Board of Review, the Appeals Division office involved shall immediately thereafter provide the Board with the original appeal and all accompanying documentation, a copy of the Referee’s decision involved, the originals of all other written file records in such case including exhibits and other documentary or physical evidence, and the original official recording for each hearing held, if any.

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