Minn. Stat. § 268B.08

Current through 2023, c. 127
Section 268B.08 - [Repealed Effective 8/1/2024] [Effective 11/1/2025] APPEAL PROCESS
Subdivision 1.Hearing.
(a) The commissioner shall designate a chief hearing officer.
(b) Upon a timely appeal to a determination having been filed or upon a referral for direct hearing, the chief hearing officer must set a time and date for a de novo due-process hearing and send notice to an applicant and an employer, by mail or electronic transmission, not less than ten calendar days before the date of the hearing.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules on procedures for hearings. The rules need not conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure.
(d) The chief hearing officer has discretion regarding the method by which the hearing is conducted.
(e) The chief hearing officer must assign a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and may transfer to another hearing officer any proceedings pending before another hearing officer.
Subd. 2.Decision.
(a) After the conclusion of the hearing, upon the evidence obtained, the hearing officer must serve by mail or electronic transmission to all parties the decision, reasons for the decision, and written findings of fact.
(b) Decisions of a hearing officer are not precedential.
Subd. 3.Request for reconsideration.

Any party, or the commissioner, may, within 30 calendar days after service of the hearing officer's decision, file a request for reconsideration asking the hearing officer to reconsider that decision.

Subd. 4.Appeal to court of appeals.

Any final determination on a request for reconsideration may be appealed by any party directly to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Minn. Stat. § 268B.08

Repealed by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 127,s 73-51, eff. 8/1/2024.
Added by 2023 Minn. Laws, ch. 59,s 1-16, eff. 11/1/2025.