Day 085 - 08 Feb 95 - Page 16
1 A. I do not know -- I would not like to say one way or the
2 other. I do not know the exact detail of what they do
3 there.
4
5 Q. If we move on to 862, Conclusions, it says under 5.3:
6 "Also there was no director recognised as having lead
7 responsibility for health and safety, and this topic was
8 not routinely on the agenda At Board or Executive Managers'
9 meetings". Is there now a director recognised as having
10 lead responsibility for health and safety?
11 A. Yes.
12
13 Q. So that is different from what it was then; a new post has
14 there been created?
15 A. It is not a new post, no, but there is an individual
16 who has that responsibility now.
17
18 Q. Who is Jill Barnes?
19 A. No. She is not on the board of the company. Andrew
20 Taylor is the board member that has responsibility for
21 health and safety.
22
23 Q. Right. Do you know if it is routinely now on the agenda at
24 the board or executive managers' meetings?
25 A. Yes. I have to prepare reports for the board meetings
26 on health and safety, so it is.
27
28 Q. You have seen those minutes, have you?
29 A. No.
30
31 Q. Do you have a mission statement containing commitment
32 towards health and safety?
33 A. We do.
34
35 Q. You do not know if the topic is actually on the agenda at
36 board or executive managers' meetings, do you? You know
37 that you make a report, presumably, to Andrew Taylor, but
38 you do not know if it is actually on the agenda?
39 A. It is on the agenda and it is presented because I get
40 feed-back from Andrew on it at meeting, although I do not
41 see any Minutes.
42
43 Q. If we go to 5.5: "There was variation in the way 'hustle'
44 was managed, but in many restaurants it was considered
45 acceptable for employees to run". I think this came up
46 yesterday about "hustle". What is your comment about that?
47 A. I think that -----
48
49 Q. Does that happen in some restaurants?
50 A. Hustle?
51
52 Q. That it is acceptable for employees to run?
53 A. I would say it would be very rare that you would see
54 them running in restaurants nowadays.
55
56 Q. Has there been some kind of crack down on running?
57 A. I would not say we needed to crack down on it, just
58 occasionally when it got busy people would move, go faster
59 than was safe, maybe.
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