The Labour Court upheld a €1,500 award to Eamonn Carroll after his employer, Patrick John Dwane T/A Dwane Tool Hire, failed to attend the appeal hearing. The determination was signed on 19 May 2011. Dwane had appealed the Rights Commissioner's decision but did not attend or send a representative, so the appeal failed for lack of prosecution and the original decision stood. The award was for a contravention of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.