Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 18
1 what we call the labour percentage?
2 A. That is right.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where is 15.92?
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6 MR. ATKINSON: If you go look at under January and you go to
7 payroll crew, you have 25,000 -- this is on the budget --
8 and then it says 15.92, 15.92, 15.72, 15.32. It does go
9 down to 14.92 in July and August. Why does that happen?
10 Why were you projecting that it is going down?
11 A. If you look at the sales in July which are 29500
12 against January of 163, on the first sheet, you are taking
13 a vast amount more money and, obviously, the holidays are
14 in July as they are in August, and ---
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16 Q. Does the same apply -----
17 A. -- the seasonality of it.
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19 Q. Does the same apply in December?
20 A. Yes. You have Christmas shopping and again the sales
21 will rise then with Christmas shopping and also the
22 children being off.
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24 Q. If you want to put that away, Mr. Atkinson, unless his
25 Lordship has any questions?
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No.
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29 MR. ATKINSON: Paragraph (17) of your statement you have that
30 there: "Magill is incorrect in saying that no jacket was
31 provided. The coats provided" -- this is for the freezer
32 -- "for environment/index.html">litter patrols were available for everyone to use
33 if they wanted. I cannot recall at this distance of time
34 whether gloves were specifically provided for use in the
35 walk in freezer. However, had anyone requested gloves I
36 would have provided them and I cannot ever recall receiving
37 any such request.
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39 Similarly, I do not recall receiving requests for gloves
40 from people who had developed skin rashes. If someone had
41 an allergy to a particular cleaning fluid, I would make
42 sure that they did not come into contact with it. It is
43 almost entirely untrue that people with skin conditions
44 would work on the preparation of food". Do you stand by
45 that?
46 A. Yes, I do.
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48 Q. Just one question on that: Do you take the safety of your
49 crew seriously?
50 A. Very much so. I mean, if somebody had a problem when
51 they used a cleaning material, both for them in terms of
52 themselves and also for the customer point of view, you
53 would not want them to have a problem using it.
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55 Q. Just one more thing on that, what is your understanding of
56 "hustle"?
57 A. Serving customers efficiently.
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59 Q. Does it involve running in store?
60 A. No.
