[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR650.4]

[Page 416]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 650--STANDARD FOR APPEALS PROMPTNESS--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 650.4  Review of State law and criteria for review of State compliance.

    (a) A State law will satisfy the requirements of Sec. 650.3(a) if 
after calendar year 1973 it contains a provision requiring, or is 
construed to require, hearing and decision for claimants who are parties 
to an administrative appeal affecting benefit rights with the greatest 
promptness that is administratively feasible.
    (b) A State will be deemed to comply substantially with the State 
law requirements set forth in Sec. 650.3(a) with respect to first level 
appeals, if for the calendar year 1975 and ensuing years, the State has 
issued at least 60 percent of all first level benefit appeal decisions 
within 30 days of the date of appeal, and at least 80 percent of all 
first level benefit appeal decisions within 45 days. These computations 
will be derived from the State's regular reports required pursuant to 
the Employment Security Manual, part III, sections 4400-4450.\1\
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    \1\ The Employment Security Manual is available at each regional 
office of the Department of Labor and at the headquarters' office of 
each State employment security agency.
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    (c) To afford the States a reasonable opportunity to make the 
changes necessary to meet these criteria, the Secretary will not 
evaluate substantial compliance until calendar year 1974 and for that 
year he will apply less stringent criteria than for future years. A 
State law will be deemed to comply substantially with the State law 
promptness requirement for calendar year 1974 if the State has issued at 
least 50 percent of all first level benefit appeal decisions within 30 
days of the date of appeal; at least 75 percent of its first level 
benefit appeal decisions within 45 days; and at least 90 percent of its 
first level benefit appeal decisions within 75 days. These computations 
also will be derived from the aforementioned reports required pursuant 
to the Employment Security Manual.

[37 FR 16173, Aug. 11, 1972, as amended at 41 FR 6757, Feb. 13, 1976]