Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Denial/Overpayment of Unemployment Compensation

I received a letter from the Florida Department of Unemployment stating that I was ineligible to file a claim and requesting that I must repay the overpayment of benefits. This is because my temporary employment agency says I quit because I did not call them to find work. However, I did call them on a weekly basis sometimes I would reach a person and speak with them or reach an answering machine. I was continually told they had nothing and to keep looking on their website for any jobs opening. After a while I stop calling and leaving messages since they could not successfully find me a job, but I continued to look on their job site. The unemployment office stated in their letter to me �The claimant left the job by failing without good cause to contact the employer, an employee leasing company, for another work assignment. The claimant was advised at the time of hire and separation of the requirement to contact the employer upon completion of each temporary assignment and that failure to do so could result in a denial of unemployment compensation benefits.� I received nothing in writing nor did I sign anything to effect. So how can I go about appealing this?

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