Wright v. Workforce Appeals Board

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ORME, Judge:

(T1 In this unemployment compensation case, Petitioner first argues that the Department of Workforce Services's administrative law judge erred by failing to permit Petitioner "to contact his witness ... before proceeding further with the hearing." But during the hearing, the ALJ tried to call Petitioner's witness at the telephone number Petitioner gave the ALJ and also instructed support staff to try to contact the witness. These attempts were unsuccessful, as was Petitioner's own attempt to call his witness.

T2 Litigants in an administrative hearing have a "due…