Miami-Dade County v. State Department of Labor & Employment Security, Division of Unemployment Compensation

Miami-Dade County appeals from an order of the Director of the Division of Un*575employment Compensation, finding that county poll workers are employees entitled to unemployment compensation. Because we find that members of precinct election boards are not county employees within the meaning of Florida’s Unemployment Compensation Law, we reverse.

A county poll worker requested that payments made to her as a poll worker be used in determining her entitlement to unemployment compensation benefits. One of the Division’s field auditors interviewed the claimant and contacted the County for its…