Section 421.201. Interested party" defined.

(1) The term "interested party," as used in the act or these rules, means anyone whose statutory rights or obligations might be affected by the outcome or disposition of the determination, redetermination, or decision. A claimant  for  unemployment  benefits  is   not an interested party to a redetermination of charges or to an appeal relating to a redetermination  of charges. An interested party has all of the following rights:

(a)     The right to receive a copy of the notice  of  determination or redetermination.

(b)     The  right  to  request  a  reconsideration  of  the  determination or redetermination.

(c)   The right to appeal to a referee or the board  of  review   in  the manner provided in the act.

(2)   The agency is an interested party in any appeal  before  a   referee, the board of review, or in any judicial action involving an order or decision of the board of review or a referee.

(3)    An employer or employing entity in this or another state is an interested party in connection with a claim for benefits if the employer's or employing entity's account has been charged, the employer or employing entity is presently  or  potentially   chargeable  with some portion of benefits  paid  or payable on such claim, or  the  employer  or  employing entity is directly involved in a possible ineligibility or disqualification of a claimant. A base period employer is not an interested party with respect to a nonmonetary adjudication or appeal relating to another base period employer or the last separating employer concerning either benefit payments or charges, unless the issue on appeal is whether the base period employer is chargeable for benefits on  the claim under section 29(5) of the act.

History: 1979 AC; 1980 AACS; 1986 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS; 2002 AACS.