Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1728 – Appeals; delays; venue; burden of proof
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1728
- Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contributions: means the money payments to the state unemployment compensation fund, required by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Employer: means :
(a) Any employing unit which in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for services in employment wages of one thousand five hundred dollars or more for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, had in employment at least one individual regardless of whether the same individual was in employment each day. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
A. When an employer is dissatisfied with the final assessment, he may within thirty days of the date of the notice of assessment file a petition for judicial review of the assessment in either the district court in the parish of East Baton Rouge or in the district court of the parish wherein the employer maintains his principal place of business setting forth allegations of error made by the administrator. The review by the court shall be limited to questions of law, provided that if a hearing has been held the findings of fact by the administrator shall be conclusive if supported by substantial and competent evidence.
B. No court shall have the power to enjoin or suspend the payment of contributions, interest, and penalty during an appeal of an assessment.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 336, §1; Acts 2014, No. 529, §1.