JOSE LUIS IZQUIERDO, APPELLANT,
v.
J. HUMPHREY MANAGEMENT LLC AND FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, APPELLEES
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The court held that unverified letters not presented to the Commission cannot be considered on appeal.
Appellant was denied unemployment benefits after voluntarily leaving employment to move for work and then refusing to return. He claimed his employer …
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This is an appeal of an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission (the “Commission”), which affirmed a decision of an unemployment compensation appeals referee. The referee held Appellant Jose Luis Izquierdo disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because he voluntarily left employment without good cause attributable to the employer.
Mr. Izquierdo worked as a plumber in Miami. He was asked to move to Houston, Texas to work. He and other plumbers went to Houston but came back for the Christmas holiday break. Once in Miami, the other plumbers did not wish to return to Houston and Mr. Izquierdo could not afford to go back to Houston by himself. Thereafter, Mr. Izquierdo remained in Miami and filed for unemployment benefits. His benefits were denied.
On appeal, Mr. Izquierdo has filed an initial brief with two attachments. The attachments are unverified letters from witnesses who suggest that Mr. Izquier-do’s employer in Houston told him his services were no longer necessary after Mr. Izquierdo failed to return to Houston. The two letters were not before the Commission and are not in the record on appeal. Therefore, we cannot consider those letters on appeal. See City of Miami v. St. Joe Paper Co., 347 So.2d 622 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1977).* Upon review of the record, we affirm the Commission’s order.
Affirmed.