SHERIFF OF BROWARD COUNTY v. Stanley

The appellant, the Sheriff of Broward County, appeals an order of the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) finding that the Sheriff violated sections 447.501(1)(a) and (b), Florida Statutes, when it declined to rehire appellee Jeffrey Stanley. The Sheriff raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether PERC’s finding that the Sheriff violated section 447.501(1)(a) was error because Stanley was a job applicant, not an employee, when the Sheriff declined to rehire him; and (2) whether PERC erred in finding that the Sheriff violated section 447.501(1)(b) by not rehiring Stanley because…