Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 09
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2 Q. Yes, but that would upset members of staff that were
3 expecting a certain amount of wages or whatever ---
4 A. It may.
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6 Q. -- and they got less?
7 A. It may.
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9 Q. Have you heard those kind of grievances expressed by crew
10 persons at your -----
11 A. Not to me. They would not make those references to
12 me. That would go, if they were unhappy, to the Store
13 Manager or to the Supervisor. That is the direction.
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15 Q. As Head of Personnel, were you not concerned about -----
16 A. The Head of Personnel does not visit stores regularly
17 enough to deal with this. That has to be dealt with
18 immediately by the proper chain of command.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just every so often I have to confess you
21 leave me behind, because I just would not expect people to
22 be complaining about something like that. It might be a
23 perfectly good ground for complaint, but I would not be
24 expecting them to trouble the Head of Personnel with it,
25 even if he turns up on the spot, unless he asks them a
26 specific question about it.
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28 MR. MORRIS: I agree.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: All Mr. Nicholson has said is he has not
31 heard about it. It gives you lots of opportunity to ask
32 people who are lower down the chain whether they have heard
33 about it, including Mark Davis.
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35 MR. MORRIS: Your job you have claimed was to care about the
36 welfare of the crew people at McDonald's?
37 A. Care about everybody.
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39 Q. Never mind everybody; we are talking about crew members.
40 You have claimed that you were concerned about personal
41 practices, how it affects the welfare of the crew members,
42 yes?
43 A. Yes.
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45 Q. So I know that you have said that you do not keep any
46 statistics -----
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I stop you? What are you batting for? I
49 am trying to help you. The mere fact that they had not
50 complained about it to the Head of Personnel would not
51 prove there are no complaints. There is no need to
52 challenge Mr. Nicholson about it.
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54 MR. MORRIS: What I meant was, not have they complained to you
55 directly, but, in your position, are you aware that this is
56 a subject of grievance of crew members for these
57 Supervisors and Senior Supervisors, whatever, Field
58 Personnel Officers? Had they managered to feed this
59 information to you, or any of them?
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