The board may, on its own motion, after notice to the claimant, last employer, and the commissioner, eight days in advance of the date set for hearing, affirm, modify, or reverse and set aside a decision of an appeal tribunal. Any appeal from a decision of an appeal tribunal allowing benefits in a case relating to a labor dispute or to a disqualification under subdivision four, section three, article six of this chapter, shall be heard as expeditiously as possible and given priority over all other cases and shall be decided by the board within ten days after the hearing before the board.
W. Va. Code § 21A-7-10
Review by board
Known as the Unemployment Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 21A-10-1 to 21A-9-9a (265 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 175 W. Va. 28 - Belt v. Rutledge (1985)
Most recently applied in Trozzi v. Board of Review of the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs (November 2003)
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