The Labour Court struck out John Hickey’s appeal after he failed to attend the hearing on 12 March 2002. The determination was signed on 2 May 2002. The merits were not decided. Hickey had appealed a Rights Commissioner decision that his claim was out of time. His complaint concerned holiday and public-holiday pay and a change in his employment without redundancy or other entitlements. Cementation Skanska Limited had asked the Court to strike out the appeal.