(a)
(1) The Board of Review, appeal tribunal, and special examiners shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical rules of procedure, but any hearing or appeal before the tribunals shall be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties.
(2) In like manner as provided at § 11-10-307(a) for the adopting, amending, or rescinding of general rules by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the board may adopt reasonable rules governing the manner of filing appeals, the conduct of hearings, and other appellate procedures, consistent with this chapter.
(b) Hearings on appeals before an appeals tribunal or before the board shall not be held sooner than five (5) days from the date of the mailing of notice thereof to the parties to the appeal.
(c) When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in claims by more than one (1) individual or in claims by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of unemployment, the same time and place for considering each claim may be fixed, hearings jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect to one (1) proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided that in the judgment of the examiner or tribunal having jurisdiction of the proceeding, consolidation would not be prejudicial to any party.
(d) No person shall participate on behalf of the director or the board in any case in which he or she has a direct or indirect interest.
(e) A record shall be kept of all testimony and proceedings before special examiners or in connection with an appeal, but the testimony need not be transcribed unless further review is initiated.
(f) Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to §§ 11-10-520 — 11-10-532 shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the director, and fees of witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the director or any claimant shall be deemed part of the expense of administering this chapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law
Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally
§ 11-10-502. Weekly benefit amount
§ 11-10-503. Weekly benefits for partial unemployment
§ 11-10-504. Maximum benefits payable
§ 11-10-505. Failure of base-period employer to respond
§ 11-10-506. Seasonal employment and benefit rights — Definitions
§ 11-10-507. Eligibility — Conditions — Definitions
§ 11-10-508. Eligibility — Labor dispute — Exceptions
§ 11-10-509. Eligibility — Employees of educational institutions
§ 11-10-510. Ineligibility — Service in sports or athletics
§ 11-10-511. Ineligibility — Aliens — Exception
§ 11-10-512. Disqualification — Satisfaction
§ 11-10-513. Disqualification — Voluntarily leaving work — Definitions
§ 11-10-514. Disqualification — Discharge for misconduct
§ 11-10-515. Disqualification — Failure or refusal to apply for or accept suitable work
§ 11-10-516. Disqualification — Refusal to report after layoff
§ 11-10-517. Disqualification — Receipt of other remunerations
§ 11-10-518. Disqualification — Certain workers in training program excepted
§ 11-10-519. Disqualification — Penalty for false statement or misrepresentation
§ 11-10-520. Claims — Posting of information by employer
§ 11-10-521. Claims — Filing — Notice to last employer
§ 11-10-522. Claims — Determination
§ 11-10-523. Board of Review created — Administrative appeal — Claims
§ 11-10-524. Claims — Administrative appeal — Filing and hearing
§ 11-10-525. Claims — Administrative appeal — Review by Board of Review
§ 11-10-526. Claims — Administrative appeal — Procedure
§ 11-10-527. Claims — Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions
§ 11-10-528. Claims — Administrative appeal — Rule of decision
§ 11-10-529. Claims — Decision of Board of Review — Judicial review
§ 11-10-530. Claims — Administrative appeal — Representation
§ 11-10-531. Claims — Payment of benefits
§ 11-10-532. Claims — Recovery
§ 11-10-533. Claims — Investigation of claims filed by state employees
§ 11-10-534. Extended benefits — Definitions
§ 11-10-535. Extended benefits — Effect of provisions relating to regular benefits
§ 11-10-536. Extended benefits — Eligibility
§ 11-10-537. Extended benefits — Weekly amount
§ 11-10-538. Extended benefits — Total amount
§ 11-10-539. Extended benefits — Period and computations
§ 11-10-540. Extended benefits — Financing
§ 11-10-541. Extended benefits — Overpayments
§ 11-10-542. Extended benefits — Not payable under interstate benefit payment plan — Exceptions
§ 11-10-543. Extended benefits — Failure to accept or seek suitable work — Definition
§ 11-10-544. Reciprocal arrangements with state and federal agencies