Alabama Administrative Code
Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter 480-4-3 - BENEFITS
Section 480-4-3-.13 - Predetermination Fact-Finding Interview

(1) The Unemployment Compensation Agency shall at the request of either the employer or the claimant, conduct a predetermination fact-finding interview. Where an employer replies timely to a Request for Separation Information and raises a disqualifying issue as set forth in Code of Ala. 1975, § 25-4-78, the Agency may at its own discretion conduct a predetermination fact-finding interview after providing reasonable notice to both the claimant and the employer at the last known address of each.

(2) Such predetermination interview shall afford each party an opportunity to present relevant information and shall be conducted informally and shall not be restricted to the taking of evidence in the traditional judicial sense. Neither attendance nor non-attendance at said proceeding shall adversely affect any party's appeal rights under the law.

(3) Due to the requirement that benefits be paid promptly when due, postponement will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. Claimant's request for postponement or continuance will be granted only whenever it appears that such action is necessary in order for him/her to establish his/her claims for benefits.

Author: John B. Benton