Quebec daycare worker’s dismissal upheld after leaving child alone outside [Video]

An early childhood educator who challenged her dismissal after leaving a child unattended outside the establishment has lost her case.

The Quebec Administrative Labour Tribunal dismissed her complaint that challenged her dismissal in June 2021.

It ruled that the act was sufficiently serious to justify the employer’s decision to terminate her the day after she left a two-and-a-half-year-old child unsupervised for around 15 minutes after an outing in the daycare playground.

“The fact that nothing dramatic happened to the young child for whom she was responsible is in no way a mitigating factor because her behaviour exposed him to real and significant danger when he found himself alone near a major Montreal boulevard. It is hard to imagine a worse risk for a two-and-a-half-year-old child,” the tribunal ruled.

The group of children, under the responsibility of the educator, had gone for an outing in the daycare centre’s courtyard before returning …