CT SB00095

Allows unemployment compensation appeals filed after the 21-day deadline to be considered timely if the filing party demonstrates good cause, with good cause defined in regulations adopted pursuant to section 31-249h.

Extends the appeal deadline to the next business day if the final day falls on a day when Employment Security Division offices are closed.

Clarifies that appeals filed by mail are timely if received within 21 days or bear a legible postal service postmark showing placement with postal authorities within the 21-day period, excluding private postage meter dates.

Applies these good cause and procedural extensions to appeals of overpayment determinations under subsection (a) and fraud determinations under subsection (b)(3) of section 31-273.

Effective October 1, 2010.