§ 101.22. Consolidated hearings.
When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters at issue in the petition for appeal concerning claims filed by more than one individual or, in multiple appeals, filed by single individuals or their authorized representatives, the same time and place for considering each appeal and claim may be fixed; hearings thereon jointly conducted; a single record of the proceedings made; and evidence introduced with respect to an appeal or claim considered as introduced with respect to appeals or claims if, in the judgment of the Board or referee having jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consideration will not be prejudicial to any party.
Source The provisions of this § 101.22 adopted August 26, 1970, effective August 27, 1970, 1 Pa.B. 435.
Notes of Decisions Consolidated Decision
A decision to use consolidated hearings under this section does not give the Board license to ignore the notice requirements contained in 34 Pa. Code § 101.85. Allrutz v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 463 A.2d 100 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1983).
Test Case
Although the consolidation of claims for the purpose of adducing evidence was proper when separate treatment would result in duplication of testimony, it is inappropriate to use one case as a ‘‘test case’’ if the factual situation of that case is different from other cases which will be prejudiced by the decision. Woodhouse v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 404 A.2d 783 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1979).
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