Wyoming Unemployment Appeal Deadline | Unemployment Claim Map

Levels of appeal and deadlines

Appeal to an Appeal Tribunal (hearing officer)

DWS Unemployment Insurance Appeals (administrative hearing officers)

Deadline

28 calendar days from the date the determination was mailed to your last known address

How to file

Appeal in writing. File online in your WYUI account, mail or fax the appeal form that came with the determination to the Appeals address on it, email dws.appeals@wyo.gov, or deliver a written appeal to any Wyoming Workforce Center.

Where to send it

Unemployment Insurance Division, P.O. Box 2760, Casper, WY 82602-2760

File online

Fax: 307-235-3215

It must include

Your name
The last four digits of your Social Security number
Your current mailing address
Your phone number
A copy of the determination, if available
A brief explanation of why you disagree
Whether you need an interpreter and the language you speak
If an attorney represents you (at your own expense)
Your signature

If it is late

If you miss the 28-day deadline, your appeal may not be processed.

While you appeal

Keep certifying (filing your weekly or biweekly claims).

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-402(a), (e)

Official source: Source page

Appeal to the Unemployment Insurance Commission

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Commission (three appointed members)

Deadline: 28 calendar days from the date the hearing officer's decision was mailed or delivered
How to file: Follow the instructions and deadline included with the hearing officer's decision. The Commission meets monthly and decides on the existing evidence or on additional evidence it directs to be taken.
It must include: Your name and claim information
The hearing officer decision you are appealing
Why you disagree
Your signature
If it is late: The Commission can act only within 28 days after the decision is mailed or delivered.
While you appeal: Keep certifying (filing your weekly or biweekly claims).

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-404

Official source: Source page

Petition for review in district court

Deadline: 30 calendar days from service of the Commission's final decision on all parties (or of its denial of an appeal or rehearing)
What to know: If you disagree with the Commission's final decision, you can file a petition for review in district court under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. Court rules require the petition to be filed within 30 days after the final decision is served on the parties. The court can extend this by up to 30 more days only for excusable neglect. You must also serve copies of the petition on DWS and all other parties. District court decisions can be appealed to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-404(c), 27-3-407; W.R.A.P. 12.04

Every state must give a fair hearing before an impartial tribunal to anyone whose claim is denied.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(3) (Social Security Act sec. 303(a)(3))

Appeal deadline calculator

Pick the appeal and enter the date it runs from. We add the days from the state's rule to that date.

Appeal request letter

Fill in the boxes and get a letter you can print or send. You write the reasons in your own words. The letter is in English because the agency works in English.

Date of the letter (required)

Your full name (required)

Your mailing address (required)

Your phone (optional)

Your email (optional)

Which appeal is this letter for?

Date on your notice (required)

How will you send it?

Address printed on your notice (required)

Copy the address where your notice says to send it.

The decision you are appealing (in your own words) (required)

Why you disagree (in your own words)

Write it yourself, in English. We do not suggest what to say.

Anything else your notice asks you to include (optional)

Sign the letter and keep a copy. Keep certifying while you appeal.

Other formats

Preview (the English text you send)

Hearing preparation checklist

Logistics and rights from your state's hearing information, plus your own list of witnesses and documents.

The hearing

Format: Most hearings are by telephone; some are in person. Give a phone number where you can be reached at the hearing time. A hearing officer presides and later issues a written decision. Your hearing notice gives the date, time, instructions and how to send documents.
Documents and witnesses: You can testify, present documents and other evidence, and bring witnesses. Send documents before the hearing as your hearing notice instructs.
Subpoena: Ask the Appeals Division (307-235-3246) how to request a subpoena for a witness or records; witnesses subpoenaed for a claimant are paid at rates set by the Commission.
Interpreter: If you or a witness need an interpreter or a disability accommodation, contact the Appeals Division as soon as possible before the hearing.
Representation: You may be represented by an attorney at your own expense.
If you miss it: If you cannot attend, contact the Appeals Division immediately. Missing your hearing could result in a decision against you.

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-403, 27-3-405

Overpayments and waivers

If you got benefits you were not eligible for, you must repay them, even if it was unintentional. The overpayment notice explains the amount, why, your repayment options and appeal rights. If the overpayment was fraudulent, you also owe a penalty of 20% plus 5% of the unpaid balance every six months, and you are disqualified for 52 weeks.

Appeal within: 28 days from the date the overpayment determination was mailed
Fraud penalty: 20% added when the overpayment is fraud
Waiver: The state can waive some overpayments.
The standard: DWS must waive recovery from future benefits if you were without fault in receiving the benefits and recovery would defeat the purpose of the law or be against equity and good conscience. DWS reviews hardship waiver requests when fraud is not involved.
How to ask: Contact the Benefit Overpayment Section (see the DWS Contact page or the overpayment notice) to ask for a waiver review.
How the state collects: DWS can reduce future benefits (within 5 years for non-fraud claims; no limit for fraud), set up a repayment plan, take your federal tax refund through the Treasury Offset Program (only for an overpayment caused by fraud or unreported earnings, after a notice giving you at least 60 days to respond), or sue in small claims or circuit court. Penalties cannot be taken from future benefits.

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-311(e), 27-3-409; Wyo. Stat. 27-3-409(b)(i)

What federal law adds on overpayments

Whether an overpayment can be waived, and how to ask, depends on your state's law. See your state's page.
Your federal tax refund can be taken to pay a past-due state unemployment overpayment caused by fraud or by not reporting your earnings, once it is final under state law. Before this happens, the state must notify you and give you at least 60 days to show that the debt is not owed or not legally enforceable.
Law: 26 U.S.C. 6402(f)
For fraud overpayments, the state must add a penalty of at least 15 percent.
Law: 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(11)

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