Bolles v. Employment Security Commission

This case 1 involves unemployment compensation. In general terms the problem is this: How can a man use bis time, when be is laid off, and still not lose bis unemployment compensation? At one extreme the problem is clear. If he goes fishing, or sits on the porch and whittles, he is safe. But if he works, a real problem arises. Let us assume he is a good lawn mower. It is argued to us that if he goes to work as an employee of a lawn mowing company, he is still safe, but that if he mows lawns on his own, he loses his compensation. The cliche is that if he is self-employed he is not unemployed.…