Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 72
1 A. That would be ----
2
3 Q. That is the sort of thing which would happen from time to
4 time.
5 A. That could happen, yes. So, for instance, if they
6 phoned up at the beginning of the week, said they had been
7 to the doctor and are going to be off sick for the week,
8 then you would cross off their hours on the schedule and
9 then try and replace them with somebody else.
10
11 MS. STEEL: At the end of the four there is a column, there are
12 columns for the total hours scheduled in -- total hours
13 scheduled this week, total hours worked in excess of
14 scheduled, total hours in excess of previously worked
15 during the year?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. Number of Sundays worked in excess of four hours this
19 month. Are they all -- they are all standard columns that
20 ought to be filled in, are they?
21 A. That is right, yes.
22
23 MR. MORRIS: Just while we are on this particular form, we have
24 had evidence in the case already that this form shows that
25 three of the people on that sheet out of about, whatever it
26 is, 20, were working illegal hours as under 18s. I think
27 there has been an admission by McDonald's on that. Do you
28 recall memos or a new set of instructions about the illegal
29 hours, about the Company being fined for working under 18s
30 illegal hours?
31 A. No, I do not.
32
33 Q. Would you remember, if you did see anything written down
34 about that, was sent to you? You started up as a, you
35 started up in a management position, did you not?
36 A. I certainly did, yes.
37
38 Q. That was in, just to refresh my memory, 82?
39 A. If I received a memo such as that at the time I would
40 have remembered it at the time. What I am saying is that
41 now, ten to 12 years later, I do not remember such a memo.
42 What I do know is that the Company paid a lot of attention
43 to ensure that crew members did not work over and above
44 what the regulations and the law stipulated. So there was
45 a lot of attention to making sure that under 18s did not
46 work past 10 o'clock if they were female and past
47 12 o'clock if they were male.
48
49 Q. Are you aware that, now, are you aware that the Company was
50 fined for a number of infringements of those laws in 1982
51 and 1984 just before the period that we are talking about
52 in Colchester 86/87?
53 A. I was not aware then. The first time I became aware of
54 it was when you cross-examined Frank Stanton yesterday.
55 That is the first time I have heard such an example.
56 However, I was aware the Company took its responsibilities
57 in this area very seriously.
58
59 Q. Simon Gidney you said was a very good worker?
60 A. Yes.
