ORTEGA V. UAC

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2003 ASELA ORTEGA, ** Appellant, ** vs. ** CASE NO. 3D02-2400 CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, INC. and THE FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-4275 Appellees. ** ** Opinion filed July 16, 2003. An Appeal from the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission. Asela Ortega, In Proper Person. John D. Maher (Tallahassee), for appellee Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SHEVIN and RAMIREZ, JJ. SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge. The record amply supports the determination that, rather than accepting a preferred position at a lower rate of pay or continuing in her present position at a higher rate, the appellant voluntarily quit her employment, and was therefore unemployment compensation benefits. disqualified from See Sollecito v. Hollywood Lincoln Mercury, Inc., 450 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984); Arredondo v. Jackson Memorial Hospital, 412 So. 2d 912 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Uniweld Products, Inc. v. Industrial Relations Commission, 277 So. 2d 827 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973). Affirmed. 2

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