Childcare worker was unfairly dismissed

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has ordered a créche to pay €15,000 to a childcare worker it deemed was unfairly dismissed.

Paula Fox was dismissed by Clevercoggs Full Day Care Nursery, Drumbear, Co Monaghan, in 2011 after a child under her care made its way to the toilet area and was playing in a toilet bowl.

The tribunal report records that “the same child again left the room unaccompanied on at least two occasions”.