In 1996, the Labour Court found the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s appeal over a temporary worker’s status at Heineken Ireland Limited not well founded. The decision was signed on 28 August 1996. The appeal concerned whether the worker should be treated as permanent and receive pro-rata sick pay and pension benefits. The union argued the position should be made permanent. Heineken Ireland Limited said the worker had been unsuccessful in applying for an advertised permanent vacancy. The Court referred to the Rights Commissioner’s findings on how the worker should pursue the permanency claim.