Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 61
1 grievances procedures which you have given evidence on in
2 this court, about how fair they are and whatever, does this
3 look to you as if this is an extract from -- I am sorry
4 I have not got the entire file in front of me -----
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Shaw is the Supervisor; he sent it?
7 A. Yes. He has had a communications day. He has
8 obviously sat down with some of his managers in his region
9 -- if it was the Supervisor, he would only have three or
10 four -- he sat down with them to cover, it looks like PR in
11 that particular context, the personnel context. He is
12 talking about getting consistent performance reports.
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14 MR. MORRIS: It seems to be related to this one particular
15 store, does it not?
16 A. I do not know. I have not had time to read it.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not sure, it is all salaried. Newcastle
19 299, is that one particular store, do you know from your
20 knowledge of the system such as it is? Anyway, you put
21 what you think it is, Mr. Morris, and then Mr. Nicholson
22 can say whether he can help or not.
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24 MR. MORRIS: You said there is nothing that gives you any cause
25 for concern?
26 A. No. I did not answer you.
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28 Q. Sorry, can you say if there is any cause for concern in the
29 way that this problem has been approached by the hierarchy?
30 A. No, no, I am sorry, I do not know what he is dealing
31 with here. He says: "More communication between managers
32 re: no shows and lateness, for more constructive and
33 consistent PRs". I do not know what that means, unless he
34 is concerned that within his stores he feels he is not
35 getting consistency of competing performance reports. So,
36 he is going over various points to clear those up with his
37 managers.
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39 Q. So in the way that he is dealing with what you feel is the
40 problem there or possible problem, do you feel they are
41 dealing with it in the correct way?
42 A. I think he is trying to get some consistency.
43 Supervisors fairly regularly have these communications days
44 with their managers.
45
46 Q. Mr. Nicholson, are you not concerned that there is no -- it
47 says on point 5: "Any illegalities to be signed and
48 acknowledged in clock card file". Then it says, possibly
49 relating to that: "Any discrepancies to be discussed and
50 reviewed at weekly managers' meeting". Do you not feel
51 that illegalities are something that should be reported to
52 the authorities?
53 A. I do not know what he means by that.
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55 Q. But if there are some illegalities?
56 A. If there are illegalities, I expect them to be
57 corrected, but I do not know what he means by that. I am
58 not the author of this report. I am not the author of this
59 letter. I have no idea what that means or what he was
60 trying to get at.
