Day 098 - 07 Mar 95 - Page 54
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2 Q. If Mr. Morris was right in what he put to you, that a
3 normal day would be seven-and-a-half, would finish about 3,
4 half past 3?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. Some days (and you say it happens quite a lot) you go on
8 for another two or two-and-a-half hours?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. I suppose, does that account for the difference between the
12 600 and the 800?
13 A. Certainly, yes.
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15 Q. On the 800 days you are slaughtering for more than
16 seven-and-a-half hours?
17 A. That would be right, yes.
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19 Q. But the seven-and-a-half hours is not the time you clock up
20 if you take out the breaks; it is the slaughtering day
21 subject to carrying on?
22 A. It is a person's normal working day. During that time
23 they will have two half hour breaks, OK, so
24 seven-and-a-half hours -- the person will be working from
25 7.00 in the morning until 3.30 on normal time. Afterwards
26 he will be working on over-time.
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28 Q. Jolly good. So that is eight-and-a-half hours out of which
29 two half hour breaks are taken?
30 A. That is right.
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32 Q. Does the line stop for those half hours or do people take
33 time off as and when?
34 A. The line actually does not stop but different processes
35 along the line do, so the people doing the stunning,
36 sticking, etc. will go for a half an hour break, thus
37 leaving a gap in the line. When that gap reaches somebody
38 else, they will go for their break.
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40 Q. But that is how you get to your seven-and-half hours?
41 A. Yes.
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43 Q. If you work on from 3.30 to 5.30 or 6.00, that is
44 over-time, it is a nine-and-a-half or 10 hour day?
45 A. That is right.
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47 Q. And you slaughter 800 cattle rather than 600, is that,
48 essentially, it?
49 A. That is about right, sir, yes.
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51 MS. STEEL: But sometimes there might be breaks apart from those
52 two half hour ones, if say -----
53 A. Yes, if they are working over, yes.
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55 MR. MORRIS: What is the staff turnover rate approximately, do
56 you know, or how long do people usually on average
57 stay -----
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59 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am not sure about this at all. I would
60 need to know the relevance of staff turnover rate at
