Housekeeper fired after nursing home company's 'ridiculous exaggeration' is awarded €12k

The WRC heard that the residents of standalone units had been able to avail of a free laundry service at the Carechoice nursing home in Trim up until 2018 but the practice had stopped when a new management company took over the business.

A head housekeeper in a nursing home, who was fired for gross misconduct after doing laundry for an elderly resident who lived outside the nursing home, has been awarded €12,000 in compensation.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Carechoice had unfairly dismissed the worker, Claire Butterly, from the nursing home in Trim, Co. Meath, in March 2020 where she had worked for over 12 years.