State, Department of Corrections v. Chesnut

I agree with the majority that the final order of the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) must be reversed because appellee Chesnut’s case was not pending at the time Dickens v. Department of Juvenile Justice, 830 So.2d 135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), was decided, authorizing an appeal from the suspension of a *280selected-exempt employee for conduct which arose while he was classified a career-service employee. In so concluding, I do not mean to imply that Chesnut was required to file a timely appeal from the termination letter of July 2, 1999, of the Department of Corrections (DOC), seeking…