Wai Po Leung v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks judicial review of a final order of the Employment Appeals Board (EAB). The EAB affirmed the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) denial of claimant’s late request for a hearing concerning his right to extended unemployment insurance benefits that he had already received. Claimant, who is a native Cantonese speaker, contends that the Employment Department (department) failed to follow its policy on assisting claimants with limited English language proficiency. He contends that those circumstances met the “good cause” standard for late hearing requests in OAR 471-040-0010(1). We…