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CCH® UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 5/4/16

No incomplete record where documents expressly excluded from evidence

A lower court did not err in issuing a decision affirming an award of benefits based on an allegedly incomplete record of the administrative proceedings that was missing certain documents. As a transcript of the administrative hearing showed, and as the company admitted, none of the purportedly missing documents identified by the employer was admitted into evidence or considered by the hearing officer or the Board in reaching their decisions. To the contrary, the hearing officer expressly excluded the documents from evidence. Further, the record plainly showed that the Department properly filed a certified record of the administrative proceedings, which the court reviewed before entering its final order. Thus, the employer’s claim that the record was incomplete was without merit (Leadership Preparatory Academy v. Butler, Ga. Ct. of App., Third Division, No. A15A1746, March 17, 2016).