Rankine v. Unemployment Appeals Commission
Rankine v. Unemployment Appeals Commission
Opinion of the Court
The appeals referee determined the claimant was discharged for misconduct and thus ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits. The record supports the referee’s findings, and the law supports her decision. See Boyd v. Ikon Office Solutions, Inc., 743 So.2d 1152 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (contentious and argumentative refusal to perform assigned work justified determination of misconduct); Jennings v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 689 So.2d 1193 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (repeated warnings and no explanation for continued unsatisfactory behavior justified determination of misconduct). Benefits were properly denied.
AFFIRMED.
Concurring Opinion
concurring specially.
Although this is a close case, I agree that the decision of the Commission should
Here the employee was told more than once (but not what I would characterize as “repeated times”) to input only accident cases and to finish a specific number each day but failed to do so on more than one occasion. There is no evidence in this case, however, of “contentious and argumentative refusal to perform assigned work.” Nevertheless I feel compelled to affirm.
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