GOLLET ENTERPRISES EAST, INC., APPELLANT,
v.
FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, AND MELBA E. RAY, APPELLEES
GOLLET ENTERPRISES EAST, INC., APPELLANT,
FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, AND MELBA E. RAY, APPELLEES
630 So. 2d 1166
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1993)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We affirm and quote with approval the Commission’s conclusions as to the conduct of the president of the corporate owner’s “fine dining, continental restaurant” in Palm Beach:
The claimant voluntarily left her position after an incident in which the owner was again verbally abusive to her. Throughout her employment, the claimant was subjected to repeated angry outbursts by the corporate president during which she shouted and cursed at employees. The final incident which prompted the claimant to leave was particularly abusive with profanity directed at the claimant and the president shouting and slamming things about. Although an employer has a right to correct or admonish employees in a reasonable manner when dissatisfied, an employee is not required to accept undue verbal abuse from the employer. Consequently, it must be concluded that the claimant voluntarily left employment with good cause attributable to the employer. (Emphasis added.)
Hopefully, other employers and employees will take note of the decision and be advised as to what is unacceptable conduct on the part of the former and as to what recourse the latter has.
GLICKSTEIN, STONE and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
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Annamaria Eulo v. Fla. Unemployment Appeal Comm'n & Entel Wolstein Weiss P'ship, 724 So. 2d 636 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999)…2d DCA 1996); see also Platt v. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 618 So. 2d 340, 341 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993). An employee is not required to accept undue verbal abuse from an employer. See Gollet Enterprises East, Inc. v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 630 So. 2d 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); see also Grossman v. Jewish Community Center, 704 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)(verbally abusive supervisors created intolerable work environment). Enduring verbal abuse thus constitutes good cause for leaving employment. See D…
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