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      Sec. 31-244. Procedure. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the reports thereon required from the claimant and from employers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the administrator. Neither the administrator nor the examiners shall be bound by the ordinary common law or statutory rules of evidence or procedure, but may make inquiry in such manner, through oral testimony or written and printed records, as is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and carry out justly the provisions of this chapter. A complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7516; P.A. 74-339, S. 16, 36.)

      History: P.A. 74-339 deleted provisions re hearings before the unemployment commission or its commissioners.

      Expenses of appeal denied where not claimed before administrator. 133 C. 310. Cited. 141 C. 321. Sections 31-244 to 31-249f, inclusive, cited re their affect on the speed and fairness of the resolution of contested claims. 175 C. 269. Cited. 192 C. 104; Id., 581. Cited. 200 C. 243.

      Cited. 16 CS 227. Cited. 18 CS 12. Claimant's petition was not dismissed because of his failure to comply with technicality of procedure, where there was sufficient statement of ground for review. 27 CS 403. Cited. 29 CS 316.

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      Sec. 31-244. Procedure. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the reports thereon required from the claimant and from employers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the administrator. Neither the administrator nor the examiners shall be bound by the ordinary common law or statutory rules of evidence or procedure, but may make inquiry in such manner, through oral testimony or written and printed records, as is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and carry out justly the provisions of this chapter. A complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7516; P.A. 74-339, S. 16, 36.)

      History: P.A. 74-339 deleted provisions re hearings before the unemployment commission or its commissioners.

      Expenses of appeal denied where not claimed before administrator. 133 C. 310. Cited. 141 C. 321. Sections 31-244 to 31-249f, inclusive, cited re their affect on the speed and fairness of the resolution of contested claims. 175 C. 269. Cited. 192 C. 104; Id., 581. Cited. 200 C. 243.

      Cited. 16 CS 227. Cited. 18 CS 12. Claimant's petition was not dismissed because of his failure to comply with technicality of procedure, where there was sufficient statement of ground for review. 27 CS 403. Cited. 29 CS 316.

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      Sec. 31-244. Procedure. The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and the reports thereon required from the claimant and from employers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the administrator. Neither the administrator nor the examiners shall be bound by the ordinary common law or statutory rules of evidence or procedure, but may make inquiry in such manner, through oral testimony or written and printed records, as is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and carry out justly the provisions of this chapter. A complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7516; P.A. 74-339, S. 16, 36.)

      History: P.A. 74-339 deleted provisions re hearings before the unemployment commission or its commissioners.

      Expenses of appeal denied where not claimed before administrator. 133 C. 310. Cited. 141 C. 321. Sections 31-244 to 31-249f, inclusive, cited re their affect on the speed and fairness of the resolution of contested claims. 175 C. 269. Cited. 192 C. 104; Id., 581. Cited. 200 C. 243.

      Cited. 16 CS 227. Cited. 18 CS 12. Claimant's petition was not dismissed because of his failure to comply with technicality of procedure, where there was sufficient statement of ground for review. 27 CS 403. Cited. 29 CS 316.