Wyoming Appeals for Unemployment Insurance Compensation

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PAGE 2 OF 7Table 1. Initiated, Approved, Denied, and Dismissed Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims, FY 2011– 2013 (through March 31, 2013).Claims - Decisions FY 2011 FY 2012FY 2013 (as ofMarch 31, 2013)All FiscalYearsTotal Claims Initiated 43,298 33,858 25,735 102,891Total Claims Completed for Decision 36,743 29,578 22,833 89,154Total Claims dismissed (lack of completeinformation/application)6,555 4,280 2,902 13,737Completed Claims - Initially Approved 29,069 24,455 18,985 72,509Completed Claims - Initially Denied 7,674 5,123 3,848 16,645Total Claims Initially Approved, but laterdenied 1 318 302 226 846Source: LSO Research summary of Wyoming Department of Workforce Services information.1 When UI claims are approved, payment to the claimant is started promptly. The DWS states that generally over 70 percentof claims are approved and initial payment begins within fourteen (14) days; over 90 percent are approved and beginpayment within twenty-eight (28) days. If a claim is later moved to denial status, then the claimant may be liable for all orpartial repayment of disbursed benefits.When a UI claims decision is contested by the claimant or employer, the individual may request a redeterminationof the claim by DWS and then subsequently has fifteen (15) days from the final determinationnotice to appeal the ruling to administrative hearing if the individual still wishes to contest the determination.If claims are appealed further, the sequential appeal steps continue to the Unemployment InsuranceCommission (UIC), District Court, and the Wyoming Supreme Court.Table 2, next page, provides a summary of the last three fiscal years' appealed UI cases through the differentappeals steps and the resulting decisions of those cases; it includes how many cases are pending at each stage aswell. According to the table, the vast majority of appealed cases only get as far as the administrative hearingsprocess (88 percent), while less than one percent are appealed on to the courts. The subsequent table, Table 3,provides a summary of how long it takes for appealed UI cases to make it to final decision though the variousappeal steps from the date the claim was initiated. According to the DWS data, the average and mediannumber of days from claims initiation to reach final decision through administrative hearings and theUnemployment Insurance Commission have gone down during the last three fiscal years.WYOMING LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE • 213 State Capitol • Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002TELEPHONE (307) 777-7881 • FAX (307) 777-5466 • EMAIL • lso@wyoleg.gov • WEBSITE http://legisweb.state.wy.us
PAGE 3 OF 7Table 2. Number of Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims Appealed Cases, by Pending or FinalDecision, FY 2011 – 2013 (through March 31, 2013). 1Claims Decisions FY 2011 FY 2012FY 2013(as of March31, 2013)All FiscalYearsCases Appealed for Administrative Hearing 2,208 1,977 1,647 5,832Hearing Affirmed DWS Decision 1,557 1,404 1,144 4,105Hearing Reversed DWS Decision 639 573 503 1,715Claims pending for final hearing decision 264 190 147 601Denied Cases Appealed for Unemployment InsuranceCommission Hearing283 234 234 751Hearing Affirmed Administrative Hearing Decision 225 215 202 642Hearing Reversed Administrative Hearing Decision 21 21 14 56Claims pending for final hearing decision 50 34 32 116Denied Cases Appealed for District Court Hearing 13 10 5 28Hearing Affirmed UIC Decision 7 7 5 19Hearing Reversed UIC Decision 1 3 1 5Claims pending for final hearing decision 10 10 9 29Denied Cases Appealed for Supreme Court Hearing 0 2 1 3Hearing Affirmed District Court Decision 0 1 1 2Hearing Reversed District Court Decision 0 0 0 0Claims pending for final hearing decision 0 2 1 3Source: LSO Research summary of Wyoming Department of Workforce Services information.1 The statistics given are for cases that were processed and/or completed during the fiscal year, but may have been originated inprior years.WYOMING LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE • 213 State Capitol • Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002TELEPHONE (307) 777-7881 • FAX (307) 777-5466 • EMAIL • lso@wyoleg.gov • WEBSITE http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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