Hmelyar v. Phoenix Controls

PRESIDING JUSTICE HUTCHINSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Peter M. Hmelyar, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County on administrative review, affirming a decision by defendant, the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (the Board), that denied plaintiff unemployment benefits for December 3, 2000, through December 16, 2000. The Board found that, during this period, plaintiff was not “unemployed” under section 239 of the Unemployment Insurance Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 405/239 (West 2000)). On appeal, plaintiff contends that this…