Pownall v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

The claimant, Mr. Pownall, appeals a final order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) affirming a decision of the appeals referee which denied Pownall’s claim for unemployment compensation benefits. Denial was based on the appeals referee’s conclusion that claimant had voluntarily left employment without cause, and therefore was not entitled to benefits. We affirm.

The appeals referee’s factual findings are summarized as follows: Claimant failed to come to work on August 8, 1996, but later that day called his supervisor and explained that he had been incarcerated by the Immigration and…