Allen & Associates v. Board of Review of the Industrial Commission, Department of Employment Security

Petitioner Allen and Associates Membership Development Company (hereafter “Allen”) engages in the solicitation and development of memberships for the Salt Lake area chamber of commerce. Allen employs sales personnel who make direct contact with local Salt Lake businesses to solicit their memberships. These sales people are claimed by Allen to be “independent contractors” and not subject to unemployment insurance contributions under our Utah Employment Security Act, U.C.A., 1953, §§ 35-4-1, et seq. (1974 ed.) (as amended). 1

The Utah Department of Employment Security determined that Allen’s…