Section 2720.300  Filing Of Appeal

a)         Any party may appeal a Referee's decision.  An appeal shall be filed in person or by mail.  The appeal must be filed within 30 days after the Referee's decision has been mailed to the parties.  The appeal should be filed at the address shown on the Referee's decision.

b)         No special form is necessary to file an appeal to the Board of Review.  The appeal should comply with the following requirements:

1)         The appeal must be in writing, dated, and signed by the person appealing or his representative;

2)         The appeal must contain the docket number of the Referee's decision, and the name and social security number of the claimant;

3)         The appeal must set forth the parts of the decision with which the appealing party disagrees and the specific reasons for that disagreement.

c)         Any person may request help to write his appeal from the staff of the local office where his claim was filed.  Timely filing of an appeal at the local office will be deemed timely filing of an appeal.