Unemployment Appeal Letter in New Hampshire
A letter appealing a denial of unemployment benefits. Appeal deadlines are short and strict in every state — file before the deadline shown below, even if you are still gathering documents, and keep claiming benefits each week while the appeal is pending if your state allows it.
What New Hampshire law says
| Appealing a denial | Your appeal to an appeal tribunal must be received, or postmarked if mailed, within 14 calendar days after the determination was mailed. The commissioner may extend the deadline if there are sufficient grounds for the delay. Source: RSA 282-A:48 |
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| If you were fired | If you were discharged for misconduct connected with your work, you are disqualified until you have earned, in each of 5 weeks, wages at least 20% more than your weekly benefit amount in covered employment after the discharge. Source: RSA 282-A:32, I(b) |
| If you quit | If you left work voluntarily without good cause, you are disqualified until you have earned, in each of 5 weeks, wages at least 20% more than your weekly benefit amount. You are not disqualified if you: quit unsuitable work within 12 weeks; quit in good faith to accept better employment starting soon; reasonably believed leaving was necessary to protect yourself or your immediate family from domestic abuse; could not do your job because of pregnancy or a non-work illness or injury (with a physician's written notice); left to follow a spouse whose job moved too far to commute; or left because of the illness or disability of an immediate family member. Source: RSA 282-A:32, I(a) |
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[today's date]
To: [state unemployment agency appeals office and address]
From: [your name], [your address]
Claimant ID or last 4 of SSN: [claimant ID] Decision date: [date on the denial notice]
I am appealing the decision dated [date on the denial notice] that denied my unemployment benefits. I request a hearing.
I believe the decision is wrong because [brief reason: e.g. I was laid off for lack of work / I was not fired for misconduct / I quit for good cause because ...].
I will provide [documents or witnesses, e.g. termination letter, messages, pay records] at the hearing.
Please send hearing information to the address above, or contact me at [phone or email].
Signature: ____________________ [your name]
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