GULF POWER COMPANY, 
Appellant, 
v. 
FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT 
APPEALS COMMISSION, et al., 
Appellees. 
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL 
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO 
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND 
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED 
CASE NO. 1D05-1855 
Opinion filed October 31, 2005. 

An appeal from an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission. 
Russell F. Van Sickle, Esq. of Beggs & Lane, LLP, Pensacola, for Appellant. 
Geri Atkinson-Hazelton, General Counsel; John D. Maher, Assistant General 
Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee the Unemployment Appeals Commission. 

PER CURIAM. 

Concluding that the claimant’s failure to report to work without good cause 
after the employer expressly directed him to do so as a result of Hurricane Ivan 
constitutes misconduct connected with work, we reverse the Unemployment Appeals
Commission’s order and remand with instructions that the appeals referee’s decision 
be reinstated. See Dorisma v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 544 So. 2d 
1110, 1111 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (holding that the appellant’s refusal to work 
additional hours when the employer was faced with an extreme workplace situation 
constituted misconduct connected with work and, thus, disqualified the appellant from 
receiving unemployment compensation benefits); see also Lucido v. State, 
Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 862 So. 2d 913, 917 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (noting 
that an employee’s outright refusal to perform an employer’s valid and reasonable 
work order may constitute misconduct connected with work). 

REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions. 
WEBSTER, PADOVANO and LEWIS, JJ., CONCUR.