Welch v. Del Monte Corp.

SCHROEDER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Idaho Department of Employment (the Department) from a decision of the Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) in which the Commission sua sponte reversed its previous decision denying claimant Ron E. Welch unemployment insurance benefits after the time to appeal the decision expired.

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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.

Welch was employed by Del Monte Corporation (Del Monte) in Idaho Falls, Idaho, between October, 1979, and November 3, 1993. His primary position was that of warehouse laborer, but he also worked occasionally as a mill operator and…