Hughes v. Employment Division

Claimant appeals from an order of the Employment Appeals Board affirming a finding of the referee that he did not have good cause for a delayed filing of his request for a hearing to challenge his disqualification for unemployment benefits. He contends that an employe of the Employment Division told him it would be futile to request a hearing. The employe testified that she did not remember the precise words of her conversation with claimant, but that her normal procedure was to the contrary — that she would never refuse to accept a tendered appeal from a claimant, nor would she advise…