Minnesota Administrative Rules

3310.2915 DISQUALIFICATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT LAW JUDGE.

An unemployment law judge must remove himself or herself from any case where the judge believes that presiding over the case would create the appearance of impropriety. No judge may hear any case where any of the parties to the appeal are related to the judge by blood or marriage. A judge must not hear any case if the judge has a financial or personal interest in the outcome. A judge having knowledge of such a relationship or interest must immediately remove himself or herself from the case.

Any party may move for the removal of a judge by written application of the party together with a statement of the basis for removal. Upon the motion of the party, the chief unemployment law judge must decide the fitness of the judge to hear the particular case.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.386; 14.388; 268.021; 268.10

History:

12 SR 2252; 31 SR 285; 33 SR 999

Published Electronically:

January 14, 2009