Wike v. Florida Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security

SCHEB, Judge.

An unemployment compensation appeals referee held that the act for which petitioner/claimant was discharged from her employment was not “misconduct connected with her work,” and that she was therefore entitled to receive unemployment benefits. The Board of Review reversed, ruling that petitioner’s actions did constitute misconduct. Claimant Wike now petitions for review.1

The evidence before the appeals referee disclosed that petitioner was employed by B & B Cash Stores as a meat wrapper from March 11, 1975 to June 13, 1977. For approximately nine months prior to her discharge…