Lauer v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Appellants in this consolidated appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying them unemployment compensation benefits, have set forth at the end of their briefs that the referee’s hearing in each case was not conducted in accord with the provisions of 34 Pa. Code §101.21 (a) which provides that:

In any hearing the tribunal may examine the parties and their witnesses. Where a party is not represented by counsel the tribunal before whom the hearing is being held should advise him as to his rights, aid him in examining and…