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Judge Jay Arcellana, head of the state unemployment appeals board, is fired

By Jason Siegel

Chief administrative law judge Jay Arcellana was fired by the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board for having a significant backlog and a deliberate delay in issuing decisions, the Associated Press reported.

While federal standards call for handling 60 percent of unemployment cases within 30 days, only 6% were resolved during that period and with a 46,000 case backlog, according to the AP.

Arcellana, who has 20 to leave state employment or go back to his civil service position as an administrative law judge, told the AP that alternate federal guidelines were met and that there wasn't a deliberate delay in issuing decisions.

"Calif. unemployment board fires top administrator," The Associated Press
"State unemployment appeals board fires  executive director," The Sacramento Bee
"Top staffer ousted at Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board," Capitol Weekly

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).