Section DWD 140.16 - Admissibility of evidence; administrative notice(1) Statutory and common law rules of evidence and rules of procedure applicable to courts of record are not controlling with respect to hearings. The appeal tribunal shall secure the facts in as direct and simple a manner as possible. Evidence having reasonable probative value is admissible. Irrelevant, immaterial and repetitive evidence is not admissible. Hearsay evidence is admissible if it has reasonable probative value but no issue may be decided solely on hearsay evidence unless the hearsay evidence is admissible under ch. 908, Stats.(2) The appeal tribunal may take administrative notice of any department records, generally recognized fact or established technical or scientific fact having reasonable probative value but the parties shall be given an opportunity to object and to present evidence to the contrary before the appeal tribunal issues a decision.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 140.16
Cr. Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85; renum. from ILHR 140.12 and am., Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97.Amended by, CR 18-033: am. Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6/1/2019