Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 38


     
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     2   Q.   Can we take that?  K. Bloggs is a female in your example?
     3        A.  That is right.
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     5   Q.   What does the cross mean?
     6        A.  The column which was over or under 18, if they were
     7        under 18 then you would mark with a cross next to that
     8        person's name.  So you could instantly see that, for
     9        instance, they were female and under 18, then the
    10        indication was you would never schedule that person passed
    11        the 10 o'clock watershed mark.
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    13   Q.   We see that in that week K. Bloggs -- we will call her
    14        Karen, may we -- worked a total of 34 hours, yes?  You see
    15        that at the end of that right-hand?
    16        A.  That is right, yes; that would be the total hours
    17        worked.
    18
    19   Q.   Total hours worked which is 34 during that week, eleven on
    20        Monday and then there is a 45 in brackets; what does that
    21        mean?
    22        A.  That would be the break entitlement for that person for
    23        that shift.  This is done from memory but, I believe, up to
    24        six hours there was half an hour break allowance; more than
    25        six hours then it was 45 minutes; if it reached ten hours
    26        then you have a further 20 minutes break.  That was the
    27        break entitlement as I remember it at that time.
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    29   Q.   Then she goes eleven hours and then there is a 45 minute
    30        break in a bracket, then there is another seven; is that on
    31        the same day?
    32        A.  Yes, that shift would start at eleven, finish at 7 with
    33        a 45 minute break at some point during the day.
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    35   Q.   So that is an 8 hour shift?
    36        A.  That is correct, yes
    37
    38   Q.   With a 45 minute break.
    39        A.  Yes.
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    41   Q.   I am coming back to breaks in a minute.  She is off on
    42        Tuesday and then she works from 8 till to 2 on the
    43        Wednesday with a 30 minute break, off on the Thursday from
    44        4 till ten on the Friday with a 30 minute break and from --
    45        I mean, these are not real figures -- from ten to six, that
    46        is a long day, on Saturday was 45 minutes in the middle,
    47        ten to four on the Sunday with a 30 minute break.  That is
    48        correct?
    49        A.  Yes, that is just an example of a sort of, not even
    50        typical but an example of a shift pattern throughout the 
    51        week. 
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    53   Q.   But it would not be unreal that kind of picture?
    54        A.  Not necessarily, no.
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    56   Q.   We had some evidence, I think this morning (I half
    57        understood some of it), from Mr. Stanton about this
    58        business of scheduling.  How difficult is it to get the
    59        right number of people that you need for any particular
    60        shift?  Is it a complicated business?

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