T.G. Lee Foods, Inc. v. Farley

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellants, employer/carrier, appeal the deputy commissioner’s order awarding *266wage loss benefits to appellee. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

We reject employer/carrier’s position that the deputy commissioner had no authority to make a determination regarding appellee’s vesting in a profit-sharing plan. To the extent that such a determination concerned workers’ compensation benefits, the deputy commissioner did have jurisdiction. See Hyatt Hotel v. Peterson, 493 So.2d 1063 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); and Marion Correctional Institution v. Kriegel, 522 So.2d 45 (Fla.…