Day 134 - 13 Jun 95 - Page 48
1 results of other stores; is that right? Is there some kind
2 of norm expected as a result from the grades achieved by a
3 particular store?
4 A. I think you would need to remind me of what I said
5 because I think there may be a slight misunderstanding.
6 Certainly, the guideline is that they should achieve a "B"
7 grade.
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9 Q. Achieve?
10 A. A "B" grade, but I am not sure what it is that you
11 refer to in my examination-in-chief about that.
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13 Q. I am not exactly clear myself.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Forget that. You say the guideline is you
16 should get a "B"?
17 A. Yes.
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19 Q. Mine is shaded out on the left, but it is 81 per cent or
20 above, is it?
21 A. That is considered to be the standard.
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23 MR. MORRIS: Just moving on through your examination-in-chief,
24 you said that the ethnic makeup of the crew, that a survey
25 had been planned. When was the survey originally suggested
26 to find the ethnic makeup of the crew?
27 A. I do not know when it was first suggested. Certainly
28 probably two to three years ago, I would have thought, that
29 it was first considered when we were looking at introducing
30 it for salaried employees which actually happened. We had
31 already introduced it for salaried employees by that point.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I assume the question: "I am treated fair
34 re. race or sex" in H, where 84 per cent agreed, nine were
35 not sure and seven disagreed, includes white men against
36 whom it is suggested, perhaps quite wrongly, there is no
37 discrimination? That must be so? It is everyone answers
38 that, not just someone who might think that there is a
39 reason for .....
40 A. Yes, that is right.
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42 MR. MORRIS: You said that some percentage of your part-timers
43 are women with children?
44 A. Yes, I believe so.
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46 Q. It is one of these standard lines from McDonald's about
47 employing students and women with children, both categories
48 who need part-time work. That is the standard position at
49 McDonald's, yes?
50 A. What do you mean by a "standard position"? I am sorry,
51 I do not understand. My observation is ---
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53 Q. Do you know what percentage?
54 A. -- that there are people who work in the restaurants
55 who fit that bill, if that is what you mean.
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57 Q. What percentage of employees are women with children?
58 A. I do not know. We do not collect that information. At
59 the moment we do not -----
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