Section 2725.200  Filing Of Appeal

a)         An employing unit may appeal an order or Determination and Assessment of the Director by filing a written Petition.  The Petition should be filed at the address shown on the order or Determination and Assessment being appealed.  The Petition must be filed within 20 days after the Director's order or Determination and Assessment was served on the employing unit, except for orders on Application for review of rate determinations, which must be filed within 10 days of the date of service.

b)         No special form is necessary to file a Petition.  However, in addition to the requirements of Section 2725.25, the following must be included:

1)         The Petition must be in writing, dated and signed by the employing unit appealing or its agent;

2)         The Petition must set forth the specific parts of the order or Determination and Assessment with which the employing unit disagrees and the specific legal and factual basis for that disagreement.

c)         The employing unit may request a pre-hearing conference.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6378, effective April 29, 1996)