Floridians collecting unemployment benefits must be on their best behavior or could risk losing their benefits eligibility.
Changes in Florida's unemployment laws could allow employers to challenge jobless benefits to former employees for "misconduct, irrespective of whether the misconduct occurs at the workplace or during working hours," according to the provision.
"For example, owners of a delivery company, who can now fire a driver cited for reckless driving, could also challenge his right to benefits even if the offense occurred while he was driving his own car on his own time," wrote Jim Stratton of the Orlando Sentinel.
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