Submit an Appeal
(Determination and Decisions)

Follow these steps to submit an appeal on a determination or decision for benefits involving an applicant. Employers must assign the Benefit Account Update and Submit role to their agent in order for the agent to submit an appeal on their behalf.

Effective April 1, 2010, MN Statue 268.103, Subd. 2a. requires that all appeals filed by agents on behalf of an employer must be filed online. This is effective for all department determinations and unemployment law judge decisions issued on or after that date. Use of another method of filing by an agent does not constitute an appeal. Agents, who have not been assigned the proper role to file an employer’s appeal online, must instruct the employer to file the appeal.

(For Tax Rates, Succession, Worker Status and Personal Liability Issues or Election of Coverage appeals, see Submit an Appeal: Tax Rates and Successions.)

Step-by-step instructions to submit an appeal electronically:

1. Go to www.uimn.org, click on Agent Login.
2. Enter User ID and Password, click on Login.
3. On My Home Page, click on Searches.
4. Click on Employer Search.
5. Enter the employer’s name or account number, click Search.
6. Select the employer’s name to be viewed.
7. The selected employer’s Employer Home page will display.
8. On the employer’s Home Page, click on Determinations and Issue Summary.
9. Find the applicant’s Determination of Eligibility you want to appeal.
   
   To search for an applicant's name:
   
   
   • Enter the applicant’s Social Security number (SSN) in the ‘Search – Determinations, Issues and Account Notices’ SSN text boxes, click Search, or
   • Select Determination of Eligibility from the ‘Search – Determinations, Issues and Account Notices’ drop down menu, click Search.
     
     
10. Determination of Eligibility Detail screen displays, click on File an Appeal. (See example)
11. File Appeal screen displays, click on File Appeal.
12. On the next screen, fill in the requested information, click Next.
    
    Note: If you indicate in the Hearing Details that the employer will:
    
    
    • be represented by an agent or attorney, the Additional Representation screen will display. Enter required information, click Next.
    • Present witnesses other than the contact person, the Witness List screen will display. Enter required information, click Next.
      
      
13. Appeal Schedule – Selection screen displays. Select the radio button for the date and time of the hearing you want to attend, click Next.
14. The Appeal Confirmation screen displays. Review the contact information, hearing details and scheduling information. To change entered information, click Modify. To submit your appeal, click Confirm.
    
    Note: To have evidence considered in the hearing:
    
    
    • fax* or mail your evidence five or more days before the hearing along with the Appeal Document Submission Form included with your Notice of Appeal to the:
      • Appeals office, and
      • opposing party.
    • Notify the Appeals office that you’ve sent the opposing party a copy of the evidence.
      
      The Appeals Office fax # is: 651-205- 4007. No other fax number should ever be used unless instructed to do so.