Appeal to the Board; form; processing

(Statutory reference: 31-249, 31-249a) (a) Each appeal to the Board from a Referee's decision on an appeal should be filed by the use, pursuant to the instructions contained thereon, of the form prescribed by the Board for such purpose and made available by the Administrator at each Employment Security office, or by means of a document which should: (1) be entitled, at the top center of the first page: "APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW"; (2) be prepared in accordance with Section 31-237g-10 (a) of these regulations. (b) Immediately upon receipt of an appeal to the Board of Review the Employment Security office involved shall: (1) stamp the front page of the appeal and the front page of all supplemental documentation accompanying the appeal to indicate the date and the office where such appeal was filed: (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. (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 cassette tape hearing record for each hearing held, if any.