Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 39


     
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     2   Q.   You would not be allowed to start people at less than four
     3        and a quarter?
     4        A.  We could.
     5
     6   Q.   Wait a minute, sorry.  By what means could you do that?
     7        A.  By this subminimum rate.
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     9   Q.   So it means at a rate less than the ---
    10        A.  The four and a quarter.
    11
    12   Q.   -- federal -- yes, less than four and a quarter?
    13        A.  Yes.
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    15   Q.   What are the circumstances which would enable you to use
    16        that beneficial opportunity?
    17        A.  I am not an expert on it because we do not use it.
    18
    19   Q.   Is it age related?
    20        A.  Yes, I believe there is -- I believe it is students and
    21        I believe it is 18 years of age.
    22
    23   Q.   Right.  You have answered my final question:  Does
    24        McDonald's make any use of this opportunity to pay younger
    25        people less than others?
    26        A.  Not at all.  We have never used it in my 21 years of
    27        employment.
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    29   Q.   These performance related raises, as you call them in
    30        America, in this example, anything from 10 cents up to 25
    31        cents an hour, how difficult are they to obtain?
    32        A.  The ones at the higher rates, by the way, currently it
    33        is up to 30 per cent, I believe.
    34
    35   Q.   Sorry?
    36        A.  Currently, you can qualify for up to 30.  This handbook
    37        was -- I think it is couple of years old or more.
    38
    39   Q.   Yes, it is three years old.
    40        A.  To obtain -- approximately, I would say, from
    41        everything I have seen, approximately 10 per cent of the
    42        crew would qualify for that highest one.  The bulk of
    43        employees would qualify for the middle range.
    44
    45   Q.   Do you know what the middle one is at the moment; it was 15
    46        cents in 1992?
    47        A.  Yes, I believe it is 20.
    48
    49   Q.   The lowest rate?
    50        A.  Is 10. 
    51 
    52   Q.   It is still 10, is it? 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   Sorry, I interrupted you; what proportion would have
    56        achieved the middle one?
    57        A.  I would say the bulk of the people, and a smaller
    58        percentage probably -- it is hard to deal in
    59        generalities ---
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