Colo. Division of Employment v. Hewlett

2 Citing cases

  1. Colorado Div. of Emp't & Training v. Accord Human Res., Inc.

    270 P.3d 985 (Colo. 2012)   Cited 12 times
    Applying this principle and holding that the terms “employer” and “employing unit” have different meanings

    The benefits sections should be construed liberally in order to further the remedial and beneficent purposes of lightening the burden of unemployment on those who are involuntarily unemployed. § 8–70–102; Colo. Div. of Emp't & Training v. Hewlett, 777 P.2d 704, 706–07 (Colo.1989).

  2. Commc's Workers of Am. 7717 v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office

    292 P.3d 1127 (Colo. App. 2012)   Cited 3 times

    We must construe the unemployment act liberally to further its remedial and beneficent purposes. See Colorado Div. of Emp't & Training v. Hewlett, 777 P.2d 704, 707 (Colo.1989); Hopkins v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office, –––P.3d ––––, ––––, 2011 WL 6425616 (Colo.App.2011) ( cert. granted2012 WL 3642477 (August 27, 2012)). ¶ 13 Here, the undisputed evidence established that claimant provided personal services to employer by performing work as its president.