288.020. Public policy declared — construction of law. — 1. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this law, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to health, morals, and welfare of the people of this state resulting in a public calamity. The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure, under the police powers of the state, for compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.
2. This law shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose to promote employment security both by increasing opportunities for jobs through the maintenance of a system of public employment offices and by providing for the payment of compensation to individuals in respect to their unemployment.
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Div. of Emp. Sec. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 617 S.W.2d 620 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 9× “Paradoxically, the result in this case denying benefits to the employee is consistent with the legislatively stated purpose of the employment security law, § 288.020 RSMo *629 1978, which enunciates the purposes of the Act.”
Sokol v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n of Missouri, 946 S.W.2d 20 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997).
· cites it 6× “In determining whether this burden has been met, we are guided by the public policy set out in Section 288.020. It states that we should liberally construe the provisions of that Chapter so as to achieve the purpose of promoting economic security for those unemployed through no…”
Missouri Div. of Emp. Sec. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 651 S.W.2d 145 (Mo. 1983).
· cites it 6× “* * * The guide to judicial interpretation of Chapter 288 is the legislature’s expression of policy in § 288.020, RSMo 1978: 1. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this law, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to…”
Hise v. PNK (River City), LLC, 406 S.W.3d 59 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 6× “2007 has reversed the traditional burden to prove misconduct in cases involving attendance policies and to point out an apparent conflict between such a shift in the burden of proof and the public policy of the employment security law as stated in Section 288.020. In the opinion…”
Belle State Bank v. Indus. Comm'n, Div. of Emp. Sec., 547 S.W.2d 841 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977).
· cites it 3× “§ 288.020(1). (All emphasis herein is ours) And, since 1957 the Law has contained a provision expressly disqualifying a claimant for benefits if “he has left his work voluntarily without good cause attributable to his work or to his employer .”
Lost in the Fifties, LLC v. Meece, 71 S.W.3d 273 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002).
· cites it 5× “Section 288.020, RSMo 1994, 2 directs that unemployment security law be liberally construed so as to further the public policy of Missouri in setting aside unemployment reserves to benefit persons unemployed through no fault of their own.”
ACF Indus., Inc. v. Indus. Comm'n, 320 S.W.2d 484 (Mo. 1959).
· cites it 9× “” The following provisions of the Employment Security Law (Chapter 288) are pertinent to discussion of the finding of the appeals tribunal: *489 “Section 288.020. 1. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this law, the public policy of this state is declared to be…”
Bussmann Mfg. Co. v. Indus. Comm'n, 335 S.W.2d 456 (Mo. Ct. App. 1960).
· cites it 6× “Section 288.020 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., requires a liberal construction of the Employment Security Law.”
Hessler v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 851 S.W.2d 516 (Mo. 1993).
· cites it 3× “Section 288.020, RSMo 1986. Suburban Business Products (“Suburban”) employed Christine Hessler, the employee/appellant, at the time of her voluntary termination.”
Fendler v. Hudson Servs., 370 S.W.3d 585 (Mo. 2012).
· cites it 2× “Section 288.020 states in relevant part: As a guide to the interpretation and application of this law, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to health, morals, and welfare of the people of this…”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.020(1) — 4 cases
Belle State Bank v. Indus. Comm'n, Div. of Emp. Sec., 547 S.W.2d 841 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977).
“§ 288.020(1). (All emphasis herein is ours) And, since 1957 the Law has contained a provision expressly disqualifying a claimant for benefits if “he has left his work voluntarily without good cause attributable to his work or to his employer .”
Div. of Emp. Sec. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 617 S.W.2d 620 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981).
“Paradoxically, the result in this case denying benefits to the employee is consistent with the legislatively stated purpose of the employment security law, § 288.020 RSMo *629 1978, which enunciates the purposes of the Act.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.020(2) — 4 cases
Div. of Emp. Sec. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 617 S.W.2d 620 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981).
“Paradoxically, the result in this case denying benefits to the employee is consistent with the legislatively stated purpose of the employment security law, § 288.020 RSMo *629 1978, which enunciates the purposes of the Act.”
Belle State Bank v. Indus. Comm'n, Div. of Emp. Sec., 547 S.W.2d 841 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977).
“§ 288.020(1). (All emphasis herein is ours) And, since 1957 the Law has contained a provision expressly disqualifying a claimant for benefits if “he has left his work voluntarily without good cause attributable to his work or to his employer .”
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