Creche worker accused of hitting child loses unfair dismissal case

The childcare worker still denies hitting the child, but the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator said that the employer was entitled to prefer the evidence of two other employees that contradicted her. File photo

A Child Care Assistant sacked for allegedly hitting a child in the care of a creche has lost her unfair dismissal action.

This follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Anne McElduff, finding that the decision by the Child Care and Early Education Facility to dismiss the woman in July 2019 was not unfair.