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reasonable work rule in Illinois

11 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1991–2026 6 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Manning v. Department of Employment Securitygreen
illappct · 2006 · cited in 3 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2017–2023
2 sentences

2023See id. ¶¶ 26-28; Manning v. Department of Employment Security, 365 Ill.

2017See id. ¶¶ 26-28; Manning v. Department of Employment Security, 365 Ill.

33
Garner v. Deparment of Employment Securitygreen
illappct · 1995 · cited in 1 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024A reasonable work rule “provides guidelines that are or should be known by the employee.” Garner v. Department of Employment Security, 269 Ill.

11
Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Boardgreen
ill · 2008 · cited in 1 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021Petrovic, 2016 IL 118562, ¶ 21 ; Thomas, 2014 IL App (1st) 122402, ¶ 39 (this standard applies when the facts are admitted or established, the controlling rule of law is undisputed, and the issue is whether the facts satisfy the legal standard); Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board, 228 Ill. 2d 200, 211 (2008) (whether a given set of facts satisfies the applicable legal standard is a mixed question of law and fact, reviewed under the largely deferential clear error standard).

11
Thomas v. Chicago Transit Authoritygreen
illappct · 2015 · cited in 1 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021Petrovic, 2016 IL 118562, ¶ 21 ; Thomas, 2014 IL App (1st) 122402, ¶ 39 (this standard applies when the facts are admitted or established, the controlling rule of law is undisputed, and the issue is whether the facts satisfy the legal standard); Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board, 228 Ill. 2d 200, 211 (2008) (whether a given set of facts satisfies the applicable legal standard is a mixed question of law and fact, reviewed under the largely deferential clear error standard).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (8)

CaseCitedYears
Cannici v. Illinois Department of Employment Security Board of Review green
illappct · 2021
2 sentences

2026Cannici v. Department of Employment Security Board of Review, 2021 IL App (1st) 181562, ¶ 41 .

2024Under the Act, an employee was discharged for misconduct if “(1) the employer had a reasonable work rule, (2) the employee deliberately and willfully violated the rule, and (3) the violation either was repeated by the employee despite a prior warning or harmed the employer.” Cannici v. Department of Employment Security Board of Review, 2021 IL App (1st) 181562, ¶ 41 . ¶ 69 The employer has the burden of proving that the employee was discharged for misconduct, which is a “higher burden” than merely proving that the employee “should have been rightly discharged.” (Internal quotation marks omitte

42022–2026
Petrovic v. The Department of Employment Security green
ill · 2016
2 sentences

2024Under the Act, an employee was discharged for misconduct if “(1) the employer had a reasonable work rule, (2) the employee deliberately and willfully violated the rule, and (3) the violation either was repeated by the employee despite a prior warning or harmed the employer.” Cannici v. Department of Employment Security Board of Review, 2021 IL App (1st) 181562, ¶ 41 . ¶ 69 The employer has the burden of proving that the employee was discharged for misconduct, which is a “higher burden” than merely proving that the employee “should have been rightly discharged.” (Internal quotation marks omitte

2021Petrovic, 2016 IL 118562, ¶ 21 ; Thomas, 2014 IL App (1st) 122402, ¶ 39 (this standard applies when the facts are admitted or established, the controlling rule of law is undisputed, and the issue is whether the facts satisfy the legal standard); Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board, 228 Ill. 2d 200, 211 (2008) (whether a given set of facts satisfies the applicable legal standard is a mixed question of law and fact, reviewed under the largely deferential clear error standard).

22021–2024
Woods v. Illinois Department of Employment Security green
illappct · 2012
2 sentences

2021Chisem v. McCarthy, 2014 IL App (1st) 132389, ¶ 21 ; Woods, 2012 IL App (1st) 101639, ¶ 16 . ¶ 43 However, the ultimate issue of whether an employee was discharged for misconduct—by deliberately and willfully violating a reasonable work rule and harming his employer—presents a mixed question of fact and law, which we review under the clearly erroneous standard.

2021Under the Act, an employee was discharged for misconduct if, as relevant here, (1) the employer had a reasonable work rule, (2) the employee deliberately and willfully violated the rule, and (3) the violation either was repeated by the employee despite a prior warning or harmed the employer. 820 ILCS 405/602(A) (West 2016); Woods v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, 2012 IL App (1st) 101639, ¶ 19 .

12021–2021
Chisem v. McCarthy green
illappct · 2015
1 sentence

2021Chisem v. McCarthy, 2014 IL App (1st) 132389, ¶ 21 ; Woods, 2012 IL App (1st) 101639, ¶ 16 . ¶ 43 However, the ultimate issue of whether an employee was discharged for misconduct—by deliberately and willfully violating a reasonable work rule and harming his employer—presents a mixed question of fact and law, which we review under the clearly erroneous standard.

12021–2021
DeBois v. Department of Employment Security green
illappct · 1995
1 sentence

2002DeBois v. Department of Employment Security, 274 Ill.

12002–2002
Glasper v. Board of Review neutral
illappct · 1991
1 sentence

1994(Glasper v. Board of Review (1991), 218 Ill.

11994–1994
Kennedy v. Edgar green
illappct · 1990
1 sentence

1991App. 3d 138, 143-46 , 556 N.E.2d 830 .) The violation of a reasonable work rule, as here, is misconduct which disqualifies an employee from receiving unemployment compensation.

11991–1991
Wilson v. Department of Employment Security green
illappct · 1990
1 sentence

1991(Wilson v. Department of Employment Security (1990), 196 Ill.

11991–1991

Statutes the citing opinions construe

IL § 820 ILCS 405/602 (9) IL § 735 ILCS 5/3-110 (3) IL § 820 ILCS 405/1100 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

PA 37 (1983–2019) MO 30 (1988–2012) IL 11 (1991–2026) NY 4 (1996–2012)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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