Pinto Valley Copper Corp. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

MEYERSON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal requires us to construe A.R.S. § 23-733(A) which is the section of Arizona’s Employment Security Act, A.R.S. §§ 23-601 to 23-799 (Act) which requires a successor employer to make unemployment compensation fund contributions which reflect the experience rating of the predecessor employer. Given the legislature’s clear intention to protect Arizona’s workers from the burdens of involuntary unemployment and the numerous references throughout the unemployment compensation statutes to employment and employers within this state, we conclude that A.R.S. §…