Peace River Distributing, Inc. v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

This is an appeal of an Administrative Order by the 'Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission (FUAC) reversing the decision of an appeals referee which disqualified Gregory D. Guilmette (“the claimant”) from receipt of benefits for misconduct. Peace River Distributing, Inc. (“the employer”), appeals that final order of the FUAC.

The claimant worked as a route delivery driver for a wholesale beverage distributor for approximately thirty months before being discharged for misconduct. The asserted misconduct was claimant’s failure to pass a random drug test; claimant purportedly tested positive…