Arkansas Appeal Tribunal

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The Arkansas Appeal Tribunal is a state agency of the Government of Arkansas. [1] Persons unsatisfied with unemployment insurance (UI) determinations issued by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services may appeal to the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal within 20 days. [lower-alpha 1] [3] The Tribunal holds hearings. [4]

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The Appeal Tribunal is based in Little Rock. In 1989, the Tribunal had a staff of about 30 and was funded by, but separate from, the Arkansas Employment Security Division. [5] The Arkansas Employment Security Division was renamed the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (ADWS) in 2005. [6] [7] In 2019, following a state government reorganization, the Department of Workforce Services became the Division of Workforce Services [8] [9] within the Arkansas Department of Commerce. [10]

In late 2020, a slowdown in the processing of UI appeals was attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas. [11]

Decisions of the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal are subject to further review by the Arkansas Board of Review, [lower-alpha 2] which can be further reviewed by the Arkansas Court of Appeals. [12]

Notes

  1. "Your appeal must be received by the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal or a local DWS office within the 20-day appeal period" [2]
  2. "A further appeal may be made to the Arkansas Board of Review" [2]

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References

  1. John Moritz (8 June 2017). "Court rules firing merits jobless aid". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved 5 October 2021. overturned previous decisions by the Appeal Tribunal of the Department of Workforce Services
  2. 1 2 "Appealing a UI Determination". Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021. Reference: Ark. Code Annotated Section 11-10-523 through 11-10-530
  3. Clinton's Accuser Dismissed From State Job in Arkansas, Associated Press (January 30, 1992): "the appeal tribunal, which hears unemployment cases"
  4. Michael R. Wickline (28 August 2014). "Judges toss jobless benefits' denial". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved 5 October 2021. During an Appeal Tribunal hearing in December 2013
  5. Mary Spencer McGowan (1989). "Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper". UI Research Exchange. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. 89 (4): 113.
  6. "Arkansas Employment Security Division records, 1937-1992". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021. the Arkansas Employment Security Division [...] until 2005, when the division reorganized to become the Department of Workforce Services
  7. John Moritz (8 June 2017). "Court rules firing merits jobless aid". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved 5 October 2021. overturned previous decisions by the Appeal Tribunal of the Department of Workforce Services
  8. Karen Ricketts, Transformation cabinet announced by Governor Hutchinson, KLRT-TV (May 22, 2019).
  9. Arkansas governor names cabinet leaders for reduced number of state agencies, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (May 22, 2019).
  10. Tyler Hale, Childers to Head Division of Workforce Services, Arkansas Money and Politics (May 23, 2019).
  11. Benjamin Hardy (28 October 2020). "Thousands of unemployment claims remain locked by the state". Van Buren County Democrat. Arkansas Nonprofit News Network. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021. tried to challenge the denial but has been told the appeals process is at a standstill due to a backlog at the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal
  12. "Arkansas Court Rules Facebook Comments Don't Justify Denial Of Unemployment Benefits". Southwest Times Record . 17 December 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2021. The Arkansas Appeal Tribunal reversed that decision, but the state Board of Review reversed the Appeal Tribunal, only to have its decision reversed Wednesday by the Court of Appeals