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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-244 (2026)

Procedure

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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, printed or electronic 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; P.A. 16-169, S. 8.)

History: P.A. 74-339 deleted provisions re hearings before the unemployment commission or its commissioners; P.A. 16-169 added reference to electronic records.

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

Cited. 16 CS 227; 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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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1968–2019 · leading case: Petyan v. Ellis, 510 A.2d 1337 (Conn. 1986).
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Petyan v. Ellis, 510 A.2d 1337 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 31-244 and 53a-156. There is, of course, no “really effective civil remedy against perjurers”; that lack is “simply part of the price that is paid for witnesses who are free from intimidation by the possibility of civil liability for what they say.”
Finkenstein v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 470 A.2d 1196 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-244. This decision is appealable to the board of review.”
Fullerton v. Adm'r, 911 A.2d 736 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-244. This decision is appealable to the board of review.”
Ray v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp., 36 A.3d 269 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-244. This decision is appealable to the board of review.”
Steinberg v. Fusari, 364 F. Supp. 922 (D. Conn. 1973). · cites it 2× “” Conn.Gen.Stat. §§ 31-244 to 31-248. 13 ’ 14 II.”
Samson v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 284 A.2d 890 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1971). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-244; Derench v. Administrator, 141 Conn.”
Seward v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “The referee’s function in conducting this hearing is to 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 .”
McClure v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 240 A.2d 574 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1968). “Section 31-244 of the General Statutes provides that in hearings and appeals in unemployment compensation actions, “[n]o formal pleadings shall be required, beyond such informal notices as the commission approves” and that “proceedings shall be had, as far as possible, in…”
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