Many employers will either be muzzled or forced to hire a lawyer in disputes over unemployment compensation after a little-known court decision changed the procedure for such cases.
Commonwealth Court ruled that employers cannot hire nonlawyers to represent them at unemployment compensation hearings. The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review conducts such hearings to decide whether former employees' claims for jobless benefits are justified. The board says the Commonwealth Court decision requires many employers to send attorneys to the hearings, although some can send senior executives, instead (See "About the ruling," page 5). The decision, issued Feb. 3, is not …
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