Department of Employment v. Champion Bake-N-Serve, Inc.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission finding that students employed in a bakery owned and operated by Southern Idaho Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists were engaged in “covered employment” under Idaho’s Employment Security Law, I.C. § 72-1301 to § 72-1380. We set aside the Commission’s order.

The Southern Idaho Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists is a nonprofit organization and among its corporate purposes is the aim to diffuse moral and religious knowledge. In furtherance of that purpose, the corporation operates Gem State Academy, which is…