Parker v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION

Franklin J. Parker appeals an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission affirming the appeal referee’s finding that Parker voluntarily abandoned his job as a line cook at Landry’s Seafood House without good cause. As a result of this determination, Parker was denied unemployment benefits. We affirm.

Whether an employee left employment voluntarily and whether he did so without good cause are questions of fact. Brown v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 820 So.2d 457 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). An appeal referee’s factual determinations are ordinarily presumed to be correct. Smith v. Unemployment Appeals…