Day 151 - 10 Jul 95 - Page 14
1 where, in 1995, it was -- I cannot remember. It was the
2 document E3, actually. The witness will not need to get it
3 out. It has been accepted by McDonald's own computer
4 printout that something like 56/57 per cent of staff -----
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6 THE WITNESS: Would it be helpful if I did see it?
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8 MR. MORRIS: It probably would not, because ----
9 A. With all respect, I would not feel confident making any
10 comments without actually seeing the document.
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12 MR. MORRIS: Fine by me. E3 -- I do not know which file.
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14 MR. ATKINSON: It is yellow X, my Lord, and it is tab 7, after
15 Lynn Mead.
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17 THE WITNESS: Thank you. Which particular printout?
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19 MR. MORRIS: E3.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is not numbered, but it is the third sheet
22 of E3.
23 A. "Current employees by length of service with the
24 Company"?
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26 MR. MORRIS: Yes, that is the one.
27 A. Dated 28th March, 1995.
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29 Q. Yes. This has been poured over at great length in the
30 court before with Lynn Mead in the witness box. Unless
31 I am corrected by Mr. Atkinson, it is accepted that
32 something like 56 to 57 per cent of employees at that time,
33 length of service was under a year, up to the 12 months.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you add the percentages from 0 to 1 month
36 to 6 to 12 months inclusive, in the left hand column, that
37 comes to 56.25 per cent. The previous quarter, it was
38 57.77, and the same quarter the year before was 52.8. So
39 what is being said is that, at that time -- which is the
40 end of the quarter 31st March, 1995 -- 56 per cent of
41 McDonald's crew had been working for McDonald's for not
42 more than 12 months. Do not write -- have you written
43 something on the copy?
44 A. No, I have not. I have just put "last quarter of 94"
45 at the top there.
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47 Q. Do not write on a court document in the future, because
48 another witness will come to it blind and be asked a
49 question about it ---
50 A. Sorry, I beg your pardon.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- and see your writing. It has not done
53 any harm in this instance. I wonder if Mrs. Brindley-Codd
54 could make a point of just crossing that out in due course
55 in some way or another?
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57 THE WITNESS: Sorry.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not worry. Keep it in the bundle.
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