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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.420 (2026)

Appointment of referees -- Appeals -- Effect on other proceedings

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(1) The secretary shall appoint one (1) or more impartial referees according to KRS 341.125 to hear and decide appealed claims. (2) A party to a determination may file an appeal to a referee as to any matter therein within thirty (30) days after the date such determination was mailed to his last known address. (3) If benefits are allowed by a determination of the secretary, or a decision of a referee, the commission, the secretary, or a reviewing-court, such benefits shall be paid promptly without regard to the pendency of an appeal or period for filing an appeal therefrom. If a determination or decision allowing benefits is modified or reversed by a subsequent determination or decision, benefits shall be paid or denied for weeks of unemployment thereafter in accordance with such modification or denial. No injunction, supersedeas, stay or other writ or process suspending payment of such benefits shall be issued. (4) Unless such appeal is withdrawn, a referee, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing, shall affirm or modify the determination. The parties shall be duly notified of his decision, together with the reasons therefor, which shall be deemed to be the final decision unless within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing of such decision, further appeal is initiated under KRS 341.430. (5) No finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or final order made with respect to a claim for unemployment compensation under this chapter may be conclusive or binding in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding in another forum, except proceedings under this chapter, regardless of whether the prior action was between the same or related parties or involved the same facts. Effective:March 12, 2021 History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 4, effective March 12, 2021. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 151, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 1; and ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(31). -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 29. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 16. -- Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 216, sec. 16. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4748g-11.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1943–2026 · leading case: Burch v. Taylor Drug Store, Inc., 965 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998).
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Burch v. Taylor Drug Store, Inc., 965 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 3× “Burch appealed the imtial determination to an unemployment insurance referee, pursuant to KRS 341.420(2). Referee Janet Snider conducted an evidentiary hearing on the appeal on June 8, 1994.”
Thompson v. Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 85 S.W.3d 621 (Ky. Ct. App. 2002). “KRS 341.420(2). 4 . See KRS 341.430(1). 5 .”
Shamrock Coal Co., Inc. v. Taylor, 697 S.W.2d 952 (Ky. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “The appeals referee (KRS 341.420) held that Taylor's dismissal was for misconduct connected with his work and disqualified him from receiving benefits through the duration of his unemployment.”
Brown Hotel Co. v. Edwards, 365 S.W.2d 299 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “KRS 341.420 provides for the appointment of “impartial referees” to hear and decide appealed claims.”
Miller v. Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 425 S.W.3d 92 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “KRS 341.420(2). The referee conducts a hearing, receiving testimony from witnesses and reviewing documentary evidence.”
Kentucky Unemployment Comp. Comm'n v. Chenault & Orear, 174 S.W.2d 767 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “providing for appeals, it is sufficient to say that in our opinion sections 341.420, 341.430 and 341.450 of KRS render it apparent that the legislature provided for the finality of the referee’s decision in the absence of appeal to the Commission and that where there was such…”
Carver v. Houchens Food Grp., Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2020). · cites it 3× “, and the plaintiff’s stalled attempts to litigate his claims effectively thru the Unemployment statutes governing the appeal process pursuant to KRS 341.420; KRS 341.430 and, KRS 341.450 in the state’s “but for show cause” with indifference to purposely injure and deprive…”
Thomas Randolph v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “Accordingly, the timeliness requirement in KRS 341.420 must be strictly applied. Simply put, the doctrine of substantial compliance does not apply in the administrative appeals process.”
Brown Hotel Co. v. Elmore, 365 S.W.2d 309 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “KRS 341.420(3). The motion for an appeal is sustained and the judgment is reversed.”
Desiree Bailey v. Kentucky Unemployent Ins. Comm'n (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Accordingly, we fail 2 KRS 341.420(1) provides that “[t]he secretary shall appoint one (1) or more impartial referees .”
Carver v. Houchens Food Grp., Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2020). “, and the plaintiff’s stalled attempts to litigate his claims effectively thru the Unemployment statutes governing the appeal process pursuant to KRS 341.420; KRS 341.430 and, KRS 341.450 in the state’s “but for show cause” with indifference to purposely injure and deprive…”
De'Angela M. Clardy (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2022). “2 Determination to become final on September 4, 2021, pursuant to KRS 341.420(2), resulting in a debt in the amount of $9,374.”
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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.420(1) — 1 case
Desiree Bailey v. Kentucky Unemployent Ins. Comm'n (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Accordingly, we fail 2 KRS 341.420(1) provides that “[t]he secretary shall appoint one (1) or more impartial referees .”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.420(2) — 5 cases
Thompson v. Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 85 S.W.3d 621 (Ky. Ct. App. 2002). “KRS 341.420(2). 4 . See KRS 341.430(1). 5 .”
Burch v. Taylor Drug Store, Inc., 965 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). “Burch appealed the imtial determination to an unemployment insurance referee, pursuant to KRS 341.420(2). Referee Janet Snider conducted an evidentiary hearing on the appeal on June 8, 1994.”
Miller v. Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 425 S.W.3d 92 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). “KRS 341.420(2). The referee conducts a hearing, receiving testimony from witnesses and reviewing documentary evidence.”
Thomas Randolph v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “Accordingly, the timeliness requirement in KRS 341.420 must be strictly applied. Simply put, the doctrine of substantial compliance does not apply in the administrative appeals process.”
De'Angela M. Clardy (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2022). “2 Determination to become final on September 4, 2021, pursuant to KRS 341.420(2), resulting in a debt in the amount of $9,374.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.420(3) — 1 case
Brown Hotel Co. v. Elmore, 365 S.W.2d 309 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “KRS 341.420(3). The motion for an appeal is sustained and the judgment is reversed.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 341.420(4) — 2 cases
Burch v. Taylor Drug Store, Inc., 965 S.W.2d 830 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998). “Burch appealed the imtial determination to an unemployment insurance referee, pursuant to KRS 341.420(2). Referee Janet Snider conducted an evidentiary hearing on the appeal on June 8, 1994.”
Miller v. Kentucky Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 425 S.W.3d 92 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). “KRS 341.420(2). The referee conducts a hearing, receiving testimony from witnesses and reviewing documentary evidence.”
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