Florida | Appeals and Writs
Legal Question
I am wondering if I should just give up or keep fighting my appeal with unemployment I am also concerned if I loose I will have to pay back all the money that I have been given. I was working with my last employer for 7 years and was fired due to failing a drug test. I was only given one other drug test when I first started 7 years ago, Last year I was even in a bad accident on company grounds and lost part of my figure and the feeling in another I was never drug tested at that time and continued to work up until about 5 months ago. I started collecting my unemployment and 2 weeks ago was told I could not collect anything else since the company was now fighting it. I did think there was nothing they could do since they only have 30 days to fight it. I later found out that the paper work the employer turned in was a week after I started collecting but unemployment did not stop it then and I still received checks. They say if I loose I have to pay it all back. I am now clean and I know I made a mistake but I feel I was wronged since I was there for so long and was never given a drug test till 7 years later even after my accident. I need to know if there is anything I can do legally please help. James


