CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. v. Kansas Department of Human Resources

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., Delaware (CPI), a successor employer under the Kansas Employment Security Law (Act), K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., applied for a transfer of its predecessor’s unemployment experience rating. The administrative hearing officer found the application untimely and denied the request. Upon judicial review, the district court reversed the agency’s final order. The Kansas Department of Human Resources (KDHR) appeals the district court’s reversal.

On August 24, 1998, CPI sold its business to a new company which kept the…