Craven v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

This appeal concerns whether the Unemployment Appeals Commission (UAC) acted properly in finding claimant Stacey C. Craven was not entitled to unemployment benefits. In the order on appeal, the UAC upheld an appeals referee’s finding that Craven was sexually harassed during the course of her employment. The UAC went on to agree with the referee that despite such harassment, Craven was still not entitled to benefits because she left without giving her employer a reasonable opportunity to address the problem.

While the UAC may be correct in finding Craven’s employer did not have sufficient time…