How do I prepare for a contested unemployment hearing?
If your employer is contesting your right to unemployment benefits, a hearing may be scheduled before an Unemployment Compensation Referee. Your employer has the right to bring an attorney and frequently will do so. The referee is also well trained in the law, and his role at the hearing is to determine whether your claim meets the legal standards for entitlement to benefits, or whether the employer's legal and factual position will prevail.The best way to prepare for the hearing is to carefully review the facts of your separation from employment in the context of the applicable law. This will allow you to formulate a strategy for the hearing. You should also be ready to pick apart the employer's factual and legal arguments, by careful questioning of employer witnesses. You will be given an opportunity at the hearing to explain your own factual and legal position, as well as to respond to any questions from the Referee or from the employer's attorney or designated representative.
Many people feel most comfortable doing this if they have an attorney of their own to prepare them, to develop the hearing strategy, to be present to question or challenge the employer witnesses, to guide the questioning in support of the claim, and to make the legal and factual arguments to the Unemployment Compensation Referee who will make the crucial decision.
A skilled attorney can help you immensely in preparing and presenting your case, making you more comfortable, less stressed, and more able to make the best possible witness in support of your own claim at the hearing.
Your benefits are hugely important to you and to your family, especially in an uncertain economy. You owe it to yourself to have a thoughtful and aggressive Pennsylvania unemployment attorney to assist you in preparing and presenting the best possible case to secure your crucial unemployment benefits.
If you seek an attorney to fight for your unemployment benefits in Philadelphia, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Chester County or Bucks County, Pennsylvania, call Pennsylvania unemployment attorney Tim Kennedy right now for a free telephone consultation.
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