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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- to some extent.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  Is it general?  I mean, if we look at page 6
     4        of that document again where it says "variable pay" at the
     5        very bottom of page 6:  "50 per cent of participants give
     6        variable pay on top of the quoted hourly rates, bonuses are
     7        the most common".  Does that accord with your experience?
     8        A.  Yes, yes.  I mean, there are -- briefly, yes, but there
     9        are many different ways in which variable pay can be
    10        implemented -- bonuses, merit pay, whatever.
    11
    12   Q.   Right.  That would apply to other companies, not just
    13        McDonald's?
    14        A.  Yes.
    15
    16   Q.   One further document to look at on this subject, I think,
    17        is G1 at the front of those G documents.  Just cast your
    18        eye over that.
    19        A.  Yes.
    20
    21   Q.   McDonald's, in April 1987, was paying 2.22 pence in Inner
    22        London which is the highest, obviously, of its regional
    23        figures per hour.  Bearing that in mind, can you draw any
    24        conclusions from comparing it with that table there of the
    25        industry in general, specifically with reference to
    26        females?
    27        A.  Table G1, table G1, is a mixture of New Earnings Survey
    28        figures, NES figures, and the McDonald's actual rate and,
    29        obviously, they are two sources.  The NES is a one per cent
    30        sample survey of National Insurance numbers across all
    31        industry.  So, it is a national sample survey of one per
    32        cent, April 1987, but it is the best national survey there
    33        is of pay.  It quite clearly shows on those occupations
    34        where the sample is big enough to produce reliable
    35        information, McDonald's is substantially below, I think
    36        that is the right way of putting it, substantially below on
    37        the full-time rate of many other unskilled, semi-skilled
    38        jobs, including catering jobs.
    39
    40   Q.   So in terms of, I mean -----
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  While Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris are discussing
    43        that matter, the tables which start at page 8 and go
    44        through to page 11 are described as basic hourly rates.  Do
    45        you know what that means, because what I am asking is
    46        whether there is a difference between basic and starting
    47        rate?
    48        A.  Yes, this is where in the detail, the devil emerges in
    49        the detail, I believe.  Basic rates are not starting
    50        rates.  Basic rates are normally understood to be the 
    51        post-probationary rate. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Just pause a moment.
    54        A.  And you would find starting rates, you would find basic
    55        rates and then you would find additional and higher rates
    56        based on various remuneration ------
    57
    58   Q.   You mean from starting rates you would find basic rates?
    59        A.  You would find starting rates in a probationary
    60        period.  You would find basic rates for, if you like,

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