Day 206 - 22 Jan 96 - Page 70
1 further down, "3 out of 4", three further down "1 out of 4"
2 -- that includes Danny Olive, by the way -- then "1 out of
3 4", "2 out of 3", then five further down, "3 out of 4", and
4 three further down "3 out of 4". That seems to be seven
5 out of 18 were behind schedule. Do you accept that?
6 A. Well, no, because there is, obviously, some of them
7 have -- you cannot say it is 17 out of 18, if you look at
8 the overall review.
9
10 Q. Sorry, seven, seven of the 18 people had not had their PRs
11 completed when they should have done?
12 A. By the date of the audit, yes.
13
14 Q. By the date of the audit, yes. OK. Actually, I am not
15 sure of the date of the audit. It says 6.10.94.
16 A. 6.10.94.
17
18 Q. If we look back at 181, which is 18th February 94, yes, we
19 have "0 out of 1", "1 out of 3", two down, "1 out of 3", 3,
20 two down again, "2 out of 3", "0 out of 1", then go five
21 down, "0 out of 2", six down "0 out of 1", "1 out of 3" and
22 "3 out of 4". So, on that page, eight out of 18 were
23 behind?
24 A. Well, a total of 30 -- according to the figures, the
25 figure that is totalled down, 35 out of 46 have been
26 completed.
27
28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What Mr. Morris is just putting, in
29 relation to eight of the 18 staff, have their performance
30 reviews fallen behind at the time of the audit?
31 A. That is correct.
32
33 MR. MORRIS: Would you accept that this practice of performance
34 reviews being completed late -----
35 A. If we examine that page, it says 18th February, and a
36 performance review should be carried out on three of the
37 individual members by -- they started on 19/1/94, so they
38 should have been carried out on the 12th; so they have
39 missed that by approximately a week, three individual
40 members of staff.
41
42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Explain that.
43 A. If we take, for instance, the top one, Dave Watts,
44 start date is 19/1/94, so he should have a probationary
45 review then after the three week period.
46
47 MR. MORRIS: So, he had not had his probationary review?
48 A. He just missed it by what the date of the audit is,
49 18/4/94, which is -- 18/2/94, sorry. So it missed that by
50 approximately a week, I would say.
51
52 Q. That involves getting a pay rise, does it not, after you
53 have had your -----
54 A. Probationary one, no. It is an initial assessment of
55 how you are performing within the Company within a period
56 of three weeks; and that applies to Robert Easton and it
57 applies to Nick Mills ---
58
59 Q. So, was it a common -----
60 A. -- and Craig Tanner -- sorry, C. Todd.
