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· 11/24/1992

Benitez v. Girlfriday, Inc.

Citations

  • 609 So. 2d 665
  • 1992 WL 348387

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the appellant's isolated use of offensive language during a private argument with her supervisor was not misconduct connected with work
  • holding that an isolated incident in which an employee used profanity in a telephone conversation with her supervisor did not constitute misconduct sufficient to cut off unemployment benefits
  • finding that claimant who directed vulgar and profane epithets to her manager during an argument with him conducted over the telephone did not commit misconduct
  • reversing denial of benefits based on misconduct when claimant engaged in telephone argument with branch manager during which she used profanity when referring to manager
  • \Misconduct serious enough to warrant an employee's dismissal is not necessarily serious enough to warrant the forfeiture of compensation benefits.\
  • claimant engaged in telephone argument with branch manager during which she used profanity when referring to manager

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Judges: Nesbitt, Ferguson and Goderich

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