· 12/19/1991
Jack Bradley, Inc. v. Department of Employment Security
Citations
- 585 N.E.2d 123
- 146 Ill. 2d 61
- 165 Ill. Dec. 727
- 1991 Ill. LEXIS 127
How courts have described this case
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- stating that dictionary definition of “employment” cannot substitute for broader statutory definition of term
- food demonstrators were not independent contractors since demonstration company retained all proprietary interests in business
- food demonstrators were not independent contractors since demonstration company retained all proprietary interests in business
- “employee’s entrepreneurial enterprise must enjoy a ‘degree of economic independence such that the enterprise could survive any relationship with the particular person contracting for services’ ”
- “[Tjhe Unemployment Compensation Act is not a taxing act, but is one passed to alleviate the perils of unemployment under the police powers of the State, and should receive a liberal construction.”
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Judges: Freeman, Heiple
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