§ 22-1. Appeal

(a)A decision of the employment security board of review may be appealed, within the time limited by statute, to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district wherein the appellant resides. The appeal shall be in the form of a petition which shall state the grounds on which a review is sought. The appellant shall file the original and five copies of the petition in the office of the employment security board of review. The chair of the board shall, within the third business day after such filing, cause the original petition or petitions to be mailed to the clerk of the superior court and, copy or copies thereof to be mailed to the administrator and to each other party to the proceeding in which the appeal was taken. The clerk shall docket the appeal as returned to the next return day after the receipt of the petition or petitions. No appeal bond shall be required.

(b)At the time the petition is mailed to the clerk, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the chair of the board shall cause to be mailed to the clerk a certified copy of the record, which shall consist of the notice of appeal to the referee and the board, the notices of hearing before them, the referee's findings of fact and decision, the findings and decision of the board, all documents admitted into evidence before the referee and the board or both, and all other evidentiary material accepted by them.

(c)The judicial authority may, on request of a party to the action or on its own motion, order the board to prepare and verify to the court a transcript of the hearing before the referee in cases in which the board's decision was rendered on the record of such hearing, or a transcript of the hearing before the board in cases in which the board's decision was rendered on the record of its own evidentiary hearing.