Day 119 - 02 May 95 - Page 43


     
     1        in his region, but that is only a guide for him.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  Do you know how many wages inspectors there are in
     4        this country?
     5        A.  I have no idea, I am sorry.
     6
     7   Q.   But it was your job, as Head of Personnel, to supervise the
     8        company and to ensure that minimum wage guidelines were
     9        adhered to; is that correct?
    10        A.  No.
    11
    12   Q.   You said that in your evidence-in-chief.
    13        A.  No, I would have a responsibility for it, but there are
    14        ever so many other people - payroll, Operations branch, the
    15        Restaurant Manager.  They all had a responsibility for
    16        ensuring that the regulations regarding pay were adhered
    17        to.
    18
    19   Q.   You said that as Head of Personnel your responsibility was
    20        to recommend to Operations means of improving working
    21        conditions in stores and staff departments, wages, to keep
    22        an eye on the minimum wage, Wage Council, and what the rest
    23        of the industry was doing, and hours.  You were not
    24        responsible for hours worked in terms of over 39 hours.
    25        You dealt with disciplinary matter -- you were the top
    26        person in that hierarchy -- and trade unions.  So in terms
    27        of -----
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Where did you get the trade unions from?
    30
    31   MR. MORRIS:  He said that was his responsibility, to deal with
    32        anything like that if it came up as an issue.  That is what
    33        Mr. Rampton asked him.
    34
    35   THE WITNESS:  No, I do not think I did.
    36
    37   MR. RAMPTON:  I really wonder why we pay for Mr. Morris to have
    38        a transcript.  If we could have the page and line number.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He has probably got a note, and sometimes
    41        one's note does not actually reflect what was one was
    42        saying or intending to say.  You obviously dealt with the
    43        question of trade unions -- if I can put that in inverted
    44        commas -- from time to time, because Mr. Pearson spoke to
    45        you, and you went to three stores when there was talk of
    46        trade union representation?
    47        A.  Yes.
    48
    49   Q.   I had not understood you, but it may be my poor
    50        recollection, that you were the McDonald's person for trade 
    51        unions, but was that so or not? 
    52        A.  I mean the trade unions never really entered into it. 
    53        The only time I have ever had anything to do with trade
    54        unions, the one enquiry I got from -----
    55
    56   Q.   Mr. Pearson?
    57        A.  The gentleman who wanted to distribute leaflets, an
    58        enquiry from radio four and on three occasions I visited
    59        stores as a request from the manager.
    60

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