Arkansas Appeal Tribunal Explained

The Arkansas Appeal Tribunal is a state agency of the Government of Arkansas.[1] Persons unsatisfied with unemployment insurance (UI) determinations issued by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services may appeal to the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal within 20 days.[2] The Tribunal holds hearings.[3]

The Appeal Tribunal is based in Little Rock. In 1989, the Tribunal had a staff of about 30 and was funded by, but separate from, the Arkansas Employment Security Division.[4] The Arkansas Employment Security Division was renamed the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (ADWS) in 2005.[5] [6] In 2019, following a state government reorganization, the Department of Workforce Services became the Division of Workforce Services[7] [8] within the Arkansas Department of Commerce.[9]

In late 2020, a slowdown in the processing of UI appeals was attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas.[10]

Decisions of the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal are subject to further review by the Arkansas Board of Review, which can be further reviewed by the Arkansas Court of Appeals.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: John Moritz . Court rules firing merits jobless aid . 5 October 2021 . . 8 June 2017 . en . overturned previous decisions by the Appeal Tribunal of the Department of Workforce Services.
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/us/clinton-s-accuser-dismissed-from-state-job-in-arkansas.html Clinton's Accuser Dismissed From State Job in Arkansas
  3. News: Michael R. Wickline . Judges toss jobless benefits' denial . 5 October 2021 . . 28 August 2014 . en . During an Appeal Tribunal hearing in December 2013.
  4. Mary Spencer McGowan . Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper . UI Research Exchange . 1989 . 89 . 4 . 113 . U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
  5. Web site: Arkansas Employment Security Division records, 1937-1992 . Arkansas Digital Archives . Arkansas State Archives . 5 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201126080200/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/finding-aids/62/ . 26 November 2020 . the Arkansas Employment Security Division [...] until 2005, when the division reorganized to become the Department of Workforce Services.
  6. News: John Moritz . Court rules firing merits jobless aid . 5 October 2021 . . 8 June 2017 . en . overturned previous decisions by the Appeal Tribunal of the Department of Workforce Services.
  7. Karen Ricketts, Transformation cabinet announced by Governor Hutchinson, KLRT-TV (May 22, 2019).
  8. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/may/22/arkansas-governor-names-cabinet-leaders-reduced-nu/ Arkansas governor names cabinet leaders for reduced number of state agencies
  9. Tyler Hale, Childers to Head Division of Workforce Services, Arkansas Money and Politics (May 23, 2019).
  10. News: Benjamin Hardy . Thousands of unemployment claims remain locked by the state . 5 October 2021 . Van Buren County Democrat . Arkansas Nonprofit News Network . 28 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211005130222/https://www.thecabin.net/vanburen/thousands-of-unemployment-claims-remain-locked-by-the-state/article_6039fe85-e2e9-57c3-a75a-b03181f9f2ac.html . 5 October 2021 . en . tried to challenge the denial but has been told the appeals process is at a standstill due to a backlog at the Arkansas Appeal Tribunal . bot: unknown .
  11. News: Arkansas Court Rules Facebook Comments Don't Justify Denial Of Unemployment Benefits . 5 October 2021 . . 17 December 2015 . The Arkansas Appeal Tribunal reversed that decision, but the state Board of Review reversed the Appeal Tribunal, only to have its decision reversed Wednesday by the Court of Appeals.

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