820 ILCS 405/100

Declaration of public policy

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(820 ILCS 405/100) (from Ch. 48, par. 300)
    Sec. 100. Declaration of public policy. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this Act the public policy of the State is declared as follows: Economic insecurity due to involuntary unemployment has become a serious menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the people of the State of Illinois. Involuntary unemployment is, therefore, a subject of general interest and concern which requires appropriate action by the legislature to prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which now so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and his family. Poverty, distress and suffering have prevailed throughout the State because funds have not been accumulated in times of plentiful opportunities for employment for the support of unemployed workers and their families during periods of unemployment, and the taxpayers have been unfairly burdened with the cost of supporting able-bodied workers who are unable to secure employment. Farmers and rural communities particularly are unjustly burdened with increased taxation for the support of industrial workers at the very time when agricultural incomes are reduced by lack of purchasing power in the urban markets. It is the considered judgment of the General Assembly that in order to lessen the menace to the health, safety and morals of the people of Illinois, and to encourage stabilization of employment, compulsory unemployment insurance upon a statewide scale providing for the setting aside of reserves during periods of employment to be used to pay benefits during periods of unemployment, is necessary.
(Source: P.A. 79-98.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 118 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Fiumetto v. Garrett Enterprises, Inc.
Fiumetto v. Garrett Enterprises, Inc. (2001) illappct · cites it 10× “In count I, plaintiff asserted an action for retaliatory discharge based on violations of portions of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Unemployment Act) (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West 1996)). In count II, plaintiff sought recovery on the theory that her discharge constituted…”
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Aldridge (1997) ill · cites it 6× “2d 64 (1955); accord 820 ILCS 405/100, 609 (West 1994). This policy would be violated if striking employees could receive unemployment benefits by obtaining sham employment in bad faith solely to avoid the section 604 disqualification.”
AFM Messenger Service, Inc. v. Department of Employment Security (2001) ill · cites it 2× “Unemployment Insurance Act The Unemployment Insurance Act (Act) (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West 2000)), adopted in 1937, provides economic relief to those who are involuntarily unemployed, through the collection of compulsory contributions from employers and the payment of…”
Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder (1999) ill · cites it 2× “(West 1996)), and the Unemployment Insurance Act (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West 1996)). Public Act 89-21 also repealed the Tobacco Products Tax Act ( 1995 Ill.”
Cohen Furniture Co. v. Department of Employment Security (1999) illappct · cites it 4× “Justice HOMER delivered the opinion of the court: In this appeal we must determine whether the trial court erred in reversing the decision of the Department of Employment Security by finding that Cohen Furniture Company did not owe any contributions under the Unemployment…”
Midland Hotel Corp. v. Director of Employment Security (1996) illappct · cites it 3× “In its amended complaint, Midland Hotel claimed that defendants, the Director of Employment Security and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), are engaged in an ongoing course of conduct that violates the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act (820 ILCS 405/100 et.…”
Lojek v. Illinois Department of Employment Security (2013) illappct · cites it 2× “OPINION ¶1 After plaintiff Dorota Lojek’s employment with defendant ABM Janitorial Services (ABM) ended after 22 years on the job, she applied to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) for unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to the Illinois Unemployment…”
Petrovic v. Department of Employment Security (2016) ill · cites it 2× “820 ILCS 405/100 (West 2012); AFM Messenger Service, 198 Ill.”
Chicago Messenger Service v. Jordan (2005) illappct · cites it 2× “CMS sought judicial review of the supplemental decision. In April 2003, the circuit court issued a memorandum decision and judgment, upholding the Director’s supplemental decision.”
Messer & Stilp, Ltd. v. Department of Employment Security (2009) illappct · cites it 2× “, appeals from the circuit court’s judgment affirming the administrative decision of the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Employment Security granting an attorney’s claim for benefits under the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West…”
Hubble v. Bi-State Development Agency (2010) ill “(West 2006)), and the Unemployment Insurance Act (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West 2006)). 745 ILCS 10/9 — 106 (West 2006).”
Byung Moo Soh v. TARGET MARKETING SYSTEMS (2004) illappct “There the Supreme Court of Illinois interpreted a very similarly worded independent-contractor exemption found in the Unemployment Insurance Act (820 ILCS 405/100 et seq. (West 2000)). The exemption at issue follows: “Service performed by an individual for an employing unit,…”
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