Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-244a (2026)

Procedure on appeals; hearings; rules of evidence; record

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The conduct of hearings and appeals, including notice thereof, shall be in accordance with rules of procedure prescribed by the board in regulations adopted pursuant to section 31-237g. No formal pleadings shall be required beyond such notices as the board provides for by its rules of procedure. The referees and the board shall not be bound by the ordinary common law or statutory rules of evidence or procedure. They shall make inquiry in such manner, through oral testimony and written, electronic 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 record shall be prepared of all testimony and proceedings at any hearing before a referee and before the board but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is taken from the referee's or board's decision, as the case may be.

(P.A. 74-339, S. 17, 36; P.A. 83-570, S. 13, 17; P.A. 16-169, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 83-570 added reference to procedural regulations; P.A. 16-169 added reference to electronic records and made a technical change.

Authorizes preparation of unemployment compensation hearing transcripts at the administrative appeal stage; there is no statutory requirement that plaintiffs be provided with free transcripts of hearings before appeals referees. 192 C. 581.

Cited. 40 CS 208. Hearsay evidence, admitted without objection, will be given its natural probative effect and may support a finding of the board, if corroborated by competent evidence in the record, but a finding of fact based solely on hearsay will not stand. 51 CS 302.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Berger v. Tonken, 473 A.2d 782 (Conn. 1984).

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Berger v. Tonken, 473 A.2d 782 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 9× “*589 The plaintiffs’ only claim on this appeal is that General Statutes § 31-244a, 10 which provides that “[a] record shall be prepared of all testimony and proceedings at any hearing before a referee .”

Finkenstein v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 470 A.2d 1196 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “Such an additional procedural roadblock to the fair adjudication of issues on their merits is not to be found in the rules of prac *115 tice; Practice Book §§ 511A through 519; and is especially inappropriate for the informal procedure which General Statutes § 31-244a 1…”

Addona v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 996 A.2d 280 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 2× “) General Statutes § 31-244a. “Nonetheless, procedural due process is a requirement of adjudicative administrative hearings .”

Bolden v. Adm'r, 485 A.2d 1379 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1984). · cites it 2× “The referee’s hearing was conducted in accordance with the provisions of General Statutes § 31-244a, which provides, in relevant part, as follows: “The conduct of hearings and appeals, including notice thereof, shall be in accordance with rules of procedure prescribed by the…”

Mendes v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 199 Conn. App. 25 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 31-244a provides: ‘‘The conduct of hearings and appeals, including notice thereof, shall be in accordance with rules of procedure prescribed by the board in regulations adopted pursuant to section 31-237g.”

King v. Adm'r, Unemployment Comp. Act, 981 A.2d 1082 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2008). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 31-244a provides in relevant part: “The referees and the board shall not be bound by the ordinary common law or statutory rules of evidence or procedure.”

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