Indiana Administrative Code
Title 646 - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Article 5 - INDIANA EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES ACT; ADMINISTRATION
Rule 10 - Appellate Procedure
Section 10-6 - Continuances; dismissals

(a) An administrative law judge or the review board may continue any hearing upon its own motion, or upon request by any party to the appeal. The request must be received not later than three (3) days before the date of the hearing, unless the requesting party can demonstrate an unforeseen emergency. The request must set forth good cause for the granting of the request. A copy of the request must be served upon all parties to the hearing. A request for a continuance of a hearing pending before an administrative law judge shall be filed with that administrative law judge. A request for a continuance of a hearing pending before the review board shall be filed with the chairperson of the review board.

(b) Requests for continuances for cases pending longer than sixty (60) days from the filing date of the appeal will not be granted, unless the requesting party can demonstrate an unforeseen emergency.

(c) If the appealing party in a hearing pending before an administrative law judge or the review board fails to appear for a scheduled hearing, after having received due notice, the administrative law judge or the review board shall dismiss the appeal, and the underlying, appealed determination shall be deemed final, unless the appeal is reinstated pursuant to the provisions of this rule.

(d) An administrative law judge, or the review board, may, in their discretion, dismiss any appeal that in their judgment has been abandoned by all interested parties, and the underlying, appealed determination of eligibility, or administrative law judge decision, shall be deemed final, unless the appeal is reinstated pursuant to the provisions of this rule.