Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 32
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2 Q. Can you identify what you are doing on these flying visits?
3 A. My Lord, I need some instruction; I do not really
4 understand.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think you have to put it -- you see, you
7 have gone on to a very general question. I think there is
8 a difficulty with very general questions. You have found
9 that it does not cover lengths of breaks. You have found
10 that it does not cover whether a special rate is paid for
11 overtime. If there is some other employee right which you
12 are -----
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14 MR. MORRIS: The right to have their own food, for example,
15 rather than McDonald's food.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, we have had that as well. If there is
18 anything else, put it to Mr. Stein.
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20 MR. MORRIS: Is there any lack of rights in the UK which you
21 have advised the UK Company is unfair and they ought to do
22 something about?
23 A. No. There is none, none whatsoever, but I need to also
24 say that this country, in my opinion, is extremely well run
25 by the Human Resource group, by Mr. Preston, and there has
26 been no need for me to answer questions like that.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You, obviously, have a responsibility for the
29 United States?
30 A. Yes, my Lord.
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32 Q. And that is your native country, I assume. Do you go to
33 other parts of the world other than on request from the
34 operator in that country, firstly ---
35 A. Generally -----
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37 Q. -- or, secondly, if there is not some particular dispute,
38 perhaps, with a high public profile which you feel deserves
39 your attention, under what, if any, other circumstances do
40 you go?
41 A. There would be management executive compensation
42 issues, benefit issues.
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44 Q. What do you mean by "compensation"? You have used the word
45 several times.
46 A. Salary ranges for our managers.
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48 Q. For salaried staff?
49 A. That is correct. I would get into benefits such as
50 profit sharing, stock options for the management staff.
51 I would get into things of that -- our development
52 programmes for our executives to ensure that our succession
53 planning of executives around the globe, that we are going
54 to have competent, capable people in the future as we
55 continue to grow.
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57 Those are the things -- it is probably a longer list -- but
58 those are the kinds of things that I would initiate on my
59 own, my Lord, to make sure that, from a management point of
60 view in the Company, we are proceeding in the right
