Day 209 - 25 Jan 96 - Page 58


     
     1   MR. MORRIS:  This is one of the official audits that is done, is
     2        it?
     3        A.  Well, I would not say it is official because it was,
     4        I do not know if this one got sent to anybody but it was an
     5        in-store one.
     6
     7   Q.   It says at the top "For the attention of Ralph Parker".
     8        Who is Ralph Parker?
     9        A.  He must be someone at Head Office, so it must have --
    10        right, yes, it must have been taken seriously to be sent up
    11        there.
    12
    13   Q.   Have you got any comments about page 169?
    14        A.  Yes.  I just checked -- I read, I looked at this on
    15        page 169, it says "Breaks check list", I read about the
    16        breaks legislation, and I was always quite unsure in
    17        McDonald's -- we always thought it was three quarters of an
    18        hour break -- but I read the legislation there and then
    19        read her key, or the key that is written here, and I just
    20        checked one day, which is the 12.8.93 -- that is Helen's
    21        birthday so I just picked a number -- and we were not sure
    22        whether it was that day or the day before or the day
    23        after.  So, we checked all three days, and all three days
    24        we found lots of insufficient break times allowed, and
    25        I cannot exactly remember, because I have not got any notes
    26        here, but there were lots of inaccuracies and that was just
    27        from checking the clock card on that one day and we checked
    28         -----
    29
    30   Q.   She has done an official audit that is sent to somebody
    31        fairly high up ---
    32        A.  Yes.
    33
    34   Q.   -- in the Company.  On the 12.8.93 she is ticked to imply
    35        that she could not find any ------
    36        A.  I would assume so.  That is what the ticks mean because
    37        you have little numbers besides as well.  In three -- in
    38        four of the boxes, you have little numbers in there and
    39        that was just, you know, a common thing; you do not ever
    40        want to tick everything because they are not going to
    41        believe that everything is perfect.  She has just notched a
    42        few in, but I only checked that one day.  I cannot speak
    43        for the rest of the day, but I checked that one day and it
    44        was -----
    45
    46   Q.   If we go to page 319 in the second volume, which is in
    47        tab 2.  Actually, it is A2 in file 2.
    48        A.  Right, got it.  I am ever so sorry, can I go to the
    49        toilet?
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, you certainly can.  You go off now. 
    52 
    53   MR. MORRIS:  It might help if people can find -- are we having a
    54        break?
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will have the break, but let him go
    57        anyway.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  I do not mind if we continue, if everyone else is
    60        happy.

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