Florida Junior College at Jacksonville v. Florida Department of Labor, Division of Employment Security

SHIVERS, Judge.

Mr. Huggins began working for petitioner as a plant worker or custodian in January of 1974, and was discharged July 18, 1977. Mr. Huggins was absent from work without approved leave on July 15, 1977, in a protest of additional work that had recently been assigned him. The evidence reflects that Mr. Huggins had been previously warned about absenteeism. Petitioner contested the claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed by Mr. Huggins. The first hearing on this issue was held before Referee Acosta, without the petitioner’s presence, on September 22, 1977. Referee Acosta…