Rodriguez v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

FLETCHER, Judge.

Rosa Rodriguez appeals an order of the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission [UAC] affirming the denial of unemployment compensation benefits. We reverse.

In 2002, Telemundo Network Group [Telemundo] announced pending budget cuts. As part of the cost cutting measure, Telemundo sent certain employees letters explaining the terms of a voluntary buyout agreement. Rodriguez accepted the buyout package and signed the agreement. Two months later, she applied for unemployment benefits which the UAC denied.

The UAC concedes Rodriguez most likely had good cause to leave her employment…