McComas v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks review of a final order of the Employment Appeals Board, which affirmed a referee’s dismissal of claimant’s request for a hearing as untimely under ORS 657.269 and ORS 657.875. We review for errors of law, ORS 183.482(8), and affirm.

On December 6,1993, the Employment Department issued two administrative decisions denying claimant benefits and requiring that he repay more than $13,000 in overpaid benefits. At that time, the department had notice that claimant had recently moved, and of his new address, but, nonetheless, inadvertently mailed the decisions to claimant’s former…