Day 127 - 23 May 95 - Page 25
1 documents, just a single sheet, is it written in
2 handwriting at the top "Floor Manager post package"?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 Q. What is a "Floor Manager post package"?
6 A. The Floor Manager's post package is an open learning
7 book that Floor Managers work through with their Restaurant
8 Manager to prepare them for shift running for -- being the
9 one in charge of the restaurant for, say, an eight hour
10 shift.
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12 Q. This is something they are expected to read, is it?
13 A. It is to read and to cover with their Restaurant
14 Manager, yes.
15
16 Q. Under 8, we see -- I am not going to read it out -- a
17 passage about electricity, do we not?
18 A. Yes, there is an electrical warning in there giving
19 some information.
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21 Q. Some of the information is moderately technical, is it not?
22 A. It is, yes.
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24 Q. Are they expected to understand that, are they?
25 A. One of the reasons why we ask them to go through it
26 with their Restaurant Manager who will have been on the
27 Advanced Equipment course.
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29 Q. So when they see this they will understand what it is
30 talking about, will they?
31 A. Yes.
32
33 Q. There is another document, which I do not know whether it
34 is legible in your copy, it is page 737. It may be you
35 have something which is -- does it look like that?
36 A. It does, yes, but I am afraid I cannot read it.
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38 Q. I did at one time have more than one legible copy. I think
39 may be Mrs. Brinley-Codd has them.
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41 MR. MORRIS: We actually have not got a legible copy.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I think a promise was made of one on a
44 previous occasion.
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46 MR. RAMPTON: It was and I do not know what has happened; it is
47 probably my fault. To save time, Mrs. Barnes, my Lord,
48 I will read out the relevant passage and then I will pass
49 this around.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is if you read out the
52 relevant passage and then, perhaps, it could be photocopied
53 for everyone on that side.
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55 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. (To the witness): Mrs. Barnes, I tell you
56 that this is a document signed by Paul Preston, or
57 originally signed, and it is dated at the bottom right hand
58 corner 1st April 1991. It calls itself: "McDonald's
59 Restaurants Limited Health and Safety at Work Act 1974,
60 Health and Safety Policy Statement (Store locations)".
