Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 38
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2 Q. Can we take that? K. Bloggs is a female in your example?
3 A. That is right.
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5 Q. What does the cross mean?
6 A. The column which was over or under 18, if they were
7 under 18 then you would mark with a cross next to that
8 person's name. So you could instantly see that, for
9 instance, they were female and under 18, then the
10 indication was you would never schedule that person passed
11 the 10 o'clock watershed mark.
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13 Q. We see that in that week K. Bloggs -- we will call her
14 Karen, may we -- worked a total of 34 hours, yes? You see
15 that at the end of that right-hand?
16 A. That is right, yes; that would be the total hours
17 worked.
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19 Q. Total hours worked which is 34 during that week, eleven on
20 Monday and then there is a 45 in brackets; what does that
21 mean?
22 A. That would be the break entitlement for that person for
23 that shift. This is done from memory but, I believe, up to
24 six hours there was half an hour break allowance; more than
25 six hours then it was 45 minutes; if it reached ten hours
26 then you have a further 20 minutes break. That was the
27 break entitlement as I remember it at that time.
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29 Q. Then she goes eleven hours and then there is a 45 minute
30 break in a bracket, then there is another seven; is that on
31 the same day?
32 A. Yes, that shift would start at eleven, finish at 7 with
33 a 45 minute break at some point during the day.
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35 Q. So that is an 8 hour shift?
36 A. That is correct, yes
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38 Q. With a 45 minute break.
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. I am coming back to breaks in a minute. She is off on
42 Tuesday and then she works from 8 till to 2 on the
43 Wednesday with a 30 minute break, off on the Thursday from
44 4 till ten on the Friday with a 30 minute break and from --
45 I mean, these are not real figures -- from ten to six, that
46 is a long day, on Saturday was 45 minutes in the middle,
47 ten to four on the Sunday with a 30 minute break. That is
48 correct?
49 A. Yes, that is just an example of a sort of, not even
50 typical but an example of a shift pattern throughout the
51 week.
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53 Q. But it would not be unreal that kind of picture?
54 A. Not necessarily, no.
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56 Q. We had some evidence, I think this morning (I half
57 understood some of it), from Mr. Stanton about this
58 business of scheduling. How difficult is it to get the
59 right number of people that you need for any particular
60 shift? Is it a complicated business?
