Guillen v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

I respectfully dissent. The Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission’s order approved procedural and legal errors by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, since renamed the Department for Economic Opportunity, in this unemployment benefits case, with the result that the order should be reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings before the Department.

I. Facts and Procedural Background

The employee, claimant, and appellant here, Mr. Guillen, began working for Republic Services of Florida as a recycling truck driver in October 2008. As his supervisor explained at the telephonic…