Care worker who set off fire alarm when boiling eggs and carried resident to safety wins unfair dismissal case

A care organisation sacked a worker for setting off a fire alarm at a care home when boiling eggs and for carrying out to safety a resident from the home instead of evacuating him by wheelchair.

In the case, the Labour Court has found that Cheeverstown House Ltd has unfairly dismissed Mercy Oshin and ordered the care organisation to pay Ms Oshin €3,500.