Testa v. Unemployment Appeals Commission

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Nancy M. Testa appeals a final order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) dismissing her appeal as untimely. This case is a procedural quagmire. See Hebert v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 677 So.2d 1333, 1336 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); § 120.68(7)(c), Fla. Stat. (1997). We conclude that Ms. Testa never actually filed an appeal to the UAC, but rather requested the appeals referee reopen her case. The UAC treated this timely and meritorious request as a notice of appeal and improperly rejected it as untimely.

Ms. Testa, who is approximately 75 years old, worked for Global…