Illinois § 802

Illinois Statutes

§ 802

Illinois § 802

TopicBUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

Ch. 820EMPLOYMENT

Act 820 ILCS 405/Unemployment Insurance Act.

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820 Ill. Comp. Stat. 802 (2026).

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Appointment of referees and providing legal services in disputed claims.

A.To hear and decide disputed claims, the Director shall obtain an adequate number of impartial Referees selected in accordance with the provisions of the "Personnel Code" enacted by the Sixty-ninth General Assembly. No person shall participate on behalf of the Director or the Board of Review in any case in which he is an interested party. The Director shall provide the Board of Review and such Referees with proper facilities and supplies and with assistants and employees (selected in accordance with the provisions of the "Personnel Code" enacted by the Sixty-ninth General Assembly) necessary for the execution of their functions.

B.As provided in Section 1700.1, effective January 1, 1989, the Director shall establis

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Appointment of referees and providing legal services in disputed claims. A. To hear and decide disputed claims, the Director shall obtain an adequate number of impartial Referees selected in accordance with the provisions of the "Personnel Code" enacted by the Sixty-ninth General Assembly. No person shall participate on behalf of the Director or the Board of Review in any case in which he is an interested party. The Director shall provide the Board of Review and such Referees with proper facilities and supplies and with assistants and employees (selected in accordance with the provisions of the "Personnel Code" enacted by the Sixty-ninth General Assembly) necessary for the execution of their functions. B. As provided in Section 1700.1, effective January 1, 1989, the Director shall establish a program for providing services by licensed attorneys at law to advise and represent, at hearings before the Referee, the Director or the Director's Representative, or the Board of Review, "small employers", as defined in rules promulgated by the Director, and issued pursuant to the results of the study referred to in Section 1700.1, and individuals who have made a claim for benefits with respect to a week of unemployment, whose claim has been disputed, and who are eligible under rules promulgated by the Director which are issued pursuant to the results of the study referred to in Section 1700.1. For the period beginning July 1, 1994, and extending through June 30, 1996, no legal services shall be provided under the program established under this subsection. For the period beginning July 1, 1990, and extending through June 30, 1991, no legal services shall be provided under the program established pursuant to this subsection.