Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 35
1 Q. They probably do?
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. You do not know whether they do or not?
5 A. I have never been with them, but they are responsible
6 for supervising that, so I take it they do.
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8 Q. When you were Head of Personnel, you did not think it was
9 important enough to check up on?
10 A. Yes, well, "check up on"; I did not need to check up
11 on. I knew they would be doing it.
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13 Q. The food that is in the stores, does McDonald's consider
14 that to be meals?
15 A. Sorry?
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17 Q. The food that McDonald's sells, does the company consider
18 it to be meals?
19 A. Yes, I suppose so.
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21 Q. Do you consider it to be a meal, a drink, fries and a
22 burger?
23 A. A large sandwich, large fries, a large drink
24 I certainly do consider it to be a meal -- I could not
25 consume it!
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27 Q. I was not quite clear what you were saying in your
28 evidence-in-chief. Do you consider meals to be a perk?
29 A. No -- a perk?
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31 Q. Of the job?
32 A. They get free meals; it is part of the deal.
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34 MR. MORRIS: I think you said -- we will check it up -- in your
35 evidence-in-chief that on top of the wages staff get
36 certain perks?
37 A. Yes, not "perks". I have never called them "perks".
38 Staff have conditions of service.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I put it down under the heading of
41 "benefits". You can argue until the cows come home, and
42 maybe we will argue for a while, as to how much of a
43 benefit it is, but I have just called them benefits, all
44 these things which you get apart from your wage.
45 A. Yes, free food, free uniforms.
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47 MS. STEEL: The company considers free uniforms to be a benefit,
48 does it?
49 A. Yes. I think it is a benefit. There are many places
50 who charge their workers for the uniforms they wear.
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52 Q. The staff cannot wear them outside of work, can they?
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: They can.
55 A. I think they can.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: They might not want to.
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59 THE WITNESS: I think they would be discouraged.
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