Day 134 - 13 Jun 95 - Page 21
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2 Q. -- per week. The largest one is those that work between
3 one and 10 hours, 32 per cent, which is a third of all
4 staff. From your experience, are a lot of people called in
5 especially for Saturdays at McDonald's stores? Saturday is
6 a big day in the stores' sales?
7 A. Saturday is often one of the busiest days, yes.
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9 Q. It is the busiest day?
10 A. Not in absolutely every restaurant but in lots, yes.
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12 Q. In most? It is not a trick question.
13 A. Yes, probably, yes.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If it is in an office area it might very well
16 not be, but if it is the average high street then you would
17 expect it to be the busiest day, would you?
18 A. Yes.
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20 MR. MORRIS: When you were at Croydon, do you remember, that is
21 a busy high street store, yes ---
22 A. Yes.
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24 Q. -- with a large turnover. Do you remember which the
25 scheduling for Saturdays was compared to other days?
26 A. Obviously, this was more than 15 years ago, but I think
27 more people were scheduled on Saturdays, if that is
28 helpful. I would say that is probably right.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: May I just ask a question? What is the
31 shortest period of time that any significant number of
32 people come in to? I mean, do they come in for as short as
33 two hours or if they came in just to do an evening, would
34 that be at least four hours, for instance?
35 A. The minimum would normally be three or four hours. The
36 more standard shift is four hours, but if they are called
37 in unexpectedly, it would be three hours, not less.
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39 Q. So the minimum would normally be four hours, would it?
40 A. Yes.
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42 Q. So that one-third it looks probably working either one or
43 two days a week?
44 A. Yes.
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46 MR. MORRIS: But when people come in on a Saturday, they largely
47 do a full shift on Saturday? Saturday is like the big day;
48 you have a lot of people; people working the whole shift in
49 order to make sure it is all covered?
50 A. I would say a common shift is five or six hours on a
51 Saturday. There are also people who would work eight
52 hours.
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54 Q. I make no secret of the fact that I was speaking to some of
55 our witnesses last night, ex-managers and stuff, and it is
56 about this incredible 32 per cent -- it is not incredible,
57 it is just an unusual -- it sort of sticks out like a sore
58 thumb.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why not put what you say the situation is as
