Wilson v. Division of Employment Security

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Beverly Wilson appeals from an order issued by the Industrial Labor and Relations Commission (“the Commission”) affirming the Appeals Tribunal’s dismissal of her appeal from a Division of Employment Security deputy’s decision to decrease her unemployment benefits by the amount of pension she receives. The Appeals Tribunal dismissed Appellant’s case after she failed to appear by telephone for her scheduled hearing. For the following reasons, the judgment is reversed and remanded.

After filing her initial claim for unemployment benefits, a deputy for the Division of…