ANDRES v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

No. 4D03-3938.

888 So.2d 119 (2004)

Shawna G. ANDRES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Eraclides, Johns, Hall & Gelman, Eikner & Johannessen, L.L.P., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawna G. Andres, pro se.

Edward S. Mallow of Eraclides, Johns, Hall, Gelman, Eikner & Johannessen, L.L.P., Jacksonville, pro se.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant, an associate employed by a law firm, requested either a leave of absence or to work part-time, in order to attend to her child who had become seriously ill. When her employer would not agree, she left her employment. The appeals referee concluded that this was a family emergency constituting good cause for leaving her job and awarded benefits. The appeals commission reversed; however, we reinstate the award.

Appellant had begun her employment...

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