Care worker's disputed 'do it in the bed' reply to resident's toilet request costs home €14k

Her solicitors argued her purported resignation was caused by duress, so “ does not amount to a resignation but to a dismissal and/or constructive dismissal”.

The ruling has cost a Donegal care home operator €14,377. File photo

The fall-out from a disputed comment by a care worker to a 92-year-old resident that she should "do it in the bed” in response to the resident's toilet request has cost a Donegal care home operator €14,377.

This follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Shay Henry, finding that care worker, Teresa Bradley, was unfairly dismissed by the operator, Drumhill Inn Ltd, of a south Donegal care home, Aras Mhic Suibhne in July 2019.