Day 180 - 31 Oct 95 - Page 62
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2 MR. MORRIS: A simple question, did you see hustle in evidence
3 in the back of house?
4 A. Yes.
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6 Q. While you were there?
7 A. Yes.
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9 MR. MORRIS: May that be a good time to stop tonight?
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It might be; it might not. Do you have any
12 further questions to ask in chief?
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14 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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16 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What on? Tell me what on.
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20 MR. MORRIS: Labour rate percentages. The illegal hours worked
21 on one of the forms, what Mr. Pearson thinks about that;
22 performance related pay, which I have forgotten about, and
23 maybe a couple of other things. I dealt with most of what
24 I wanted to.
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26 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I have sat here quite quietly all day
27 because one thing is interesting is what Mr. Pearson has to
28 say, and I have sensed that your Lordship wanted to hear
29 it. I suffer from the disadvantage that something like 80
30 per cent of what Mr. Pearson said I had absolutely no
31 notice of at all. I hear some muttering now about illegal
32 hours. I find nothing about that in Mr. Pearson's
33 statement.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think we should go on and do your best to
36 finish tonight so that Mr. Rampton knows overnight what new
37 matters he has to deal with.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: Quite.
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41 MR. MORRIS: I did raise them.
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43 MS. STEEL: Illegal hours worked is not a new matter. It has
44 been brought up in evidence and Mr. Pearson is entitled to
45 comment on it.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Please do not let us have an argument. Let
48 us spend the next quarter of an hour as best as we can.
49 Carry on until half past four.
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51 MR. MORRIS: I think you touched on performance related pay in
52 your statement and I mentioned it to the court before you
53 came to give evidence. What is your view of performance
54 related pay in the context of McDonald's where a worker may
55 get a five or ten or 15 pence pay rise after some months at
56 McDonald's, depending on performance analysis?
57 A. Performance related pay systems are fairly common now
58 in the catering industry and Pizza Hut applies them,
59 McDonald's applies them.
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