Alvarez v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

It is our duty to affirm the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission’s order denying benefits to Mr. Alvarez on the grounds that he voluntarily quit his job without good cause attributable to his former employer, Cingular Wireless. We affirm that order, but I write to provide the background and to underscore the need for claimants to obtain legal advice immediately when their former employers appeal the payment of benefits and seek a telephonic administrative hearing.

In this case, Mr. Alvarez filed a claim which was allowed by the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Mr. Alvarez worked for…