Czigler v. Administrator, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

This appeal turns on construction of that part of R.C. 4141.01 (B)(3)(h) and (i) of the unemployment compensation law, which provides:

“ ‘Employment’ does not include * * * [sjervice performed * * * in an organization which is operated primarily for religious purposes and which is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches.” (Emphasis added.)

In reversing a decision of the Board of Review of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, the court of common pleas ruled that the employer, Hillel Academy, was not exempt because its…