McQuade v. Florida Department of Corrections

Robert McQuade, Appellant, appeals the Public Employees Relations Commission’s (“the Commission”) final order dismissing his career service appeal from the termination of his employment as a correctional officer with the Department of Corrections (“the Department”), Appellee. Appellant argues that the Commission erred in not ordering the Department to reinstate him for failing to complete its investigation of his violation of the Department’s rules within 180 days of the date another correctional officer reported Appellant’s infraction to the warden. Appellant claims that reinstatement was…