Angel Contreras v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission and Harold L. Simpson

STEVENSON, J. ,

Angel Contreras appeals the Reemployment'Assistance Appeals Commission’s order which reversed the decision of the Appeals Referee and found that Contreras committed misconduct disqualifying him from receiving unemployment benefits. Because Contreras’s actions did not consti tute “misconduct” as defined in section 443.036(29), Florida Statutes (2014), we reverse. '

The facts, as found by the Referee, are briefly stated as follows. Contreras was hired on or around March 23, 2010, as one of the caregivers/companions for an elderly man (“patient”) who suffered from dementia. The…