Determination of adequacy of the employer’s response

(a) An employer's response to notice of a predetermination hearing must contain adequate information to be considered a timely response within the meaning of Section 31-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes. To be considered adequate, an employer's response must (1) specify the reason for the separation, and (2) answer, in good faith, the questions corresponding to the appropriate separation issue, either by completing the appropriate areas of the questionnaire provided to the employer with the predetermination hearing notice or by submitting relevant alternate documentation, or both. The Administrator shall determine whether an employer's response is adequate. So long as an employer substantially complies with subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, the Administrator shall determine that an employer's response is adequate. (b) An employer's response to a request by the Administrator for information with respect to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits, including, but not limited to, any requests for additional information, shall be considered an adequate response within the meaning of section 31-273(k) of the Connecticut General Statutes if the response is provided in the manner prescribed by the Administrator in the request, is timely and is intended in good faith to respond to the request for information in the manner prescribed in such request.