Creche worker gets €10k for being unfairly dismissed over confidentiality breach

Employee was sacked for discussing a child attending the creche while out socialising

A creche worker who was sacked after breaching confidentiality when discussing a parent's child with another person while out socialising has won her unfair dismissal action.

In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Roger McGrath, ordered the creche to pay the creche worker €10,400 for her unfair dismissal in October 2019 and for two other workplace breaches.