Day 125 - 12 May 95 - Page 26
1 MS. STEEL: I do not know we necessarily want -- we are trying
2 to find it to cross-reference. I am not sure whether we
3 are actually going to use it.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Think about how much of this you need to put
6 to Mr. Beavers, because we went into it in some detail with
7 an English witness. I can see where the lines are drawn.
8 Parts of the Health & Safety Executive Report were put to
9 that witness.
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11 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, if anybody wants the reference, it is
12 volume XIII, tab 55. I would also mention, of course, that
13 Mrs. Barnes is going to be a witness in the near future.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Obviously, it is quite apparent in this
16 case that I am hearing a lot of evidence about UK
17 practices, some about US practices, and perhaps not very
18 much about the rest of the world. But, save in so far you
19 think there may be a real difference between the UK and the
20 US, once you have raised the topic with the witness, that
21 is really all you need to do. (To the witness):
22 Mr. Beavers, do not bother until it is put to you; if it is
23 put to you, look at it.
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25 MR. MORRIS: Just to save time, hustle is something that has
26 emanated from the United States, McDonald's in the United
27 States, the hustle policy, yes?
28 A. Yes, it has its roots in our early days.
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30 Q. Obviously, it has been taken up in the UK. Was the hustle
31 policy that was taken up in the UK, effectively, what was
32 happening in the United States, as far as you know?
33 A. My understanding of hustle that I articulated earlier
34 is pretty much my understanding of how we try to translate
35 that in all the countries we operate.
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37 Q. So the hustle policy that would have been effective in the
38 UK over the last, whatever it is, 20 years ---
39 A. I would think so.
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41 Q. -- would be roughly the same throughout the world?
42 A. I would think so.
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44 Q. That is the intention?
45 A. I would think so.
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47 Q. Are you aware that the hustle policy or the working of the
48 hustle policy has been condemned by the Health & Safety
49 Executive in the UK which is, as far as I am aware, a
50 statutory body which is concerned about employees' safety,
51 amongst other things? Are you aware of that?
52 A. I am not aware of that. No.
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54 Q. That is the report you have in front of you. You were
55 flipping through it. It was tab 55 in volume XIII.
56 A. OK, I have tab 55, and it is 13, page 13?
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58 Q. It is tab 55, for example, in the Executive's Summary on
59 internal page 801, yes?
60 A. OK.
