Day 259 - 10 Jun 96 - Page 22
1 A. My inquiries of restaurants -- and I did a trawl
2 across the country -- was that they did not keep them for
3 any length of time at all once they had been dealt with.
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5 Q. How many stores did you contact about that?
6 A. 20, 30.
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8 Q. You did not say to them: "Why are you not following company
9 policy"?
10 A. No.
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12 Q. Can I just say for the record that page 30 actually
13 says: "Retention of records. The following details how
14 long record should be retained. Accident books,
15 permanently; wages and salary rates, permanently; lift
16 certificates, permanently; employee files after
17 termination, seven years; attendance records, seven years;
18 medical records, seven years; time cards, three years;
19 overtime records, three years; and employment application,
20 six months" -- just in case that comes up.
21 A. Crew records, crew payroll records now are kept for
22 three years; they are on computer.
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24 Q. Could you get counterclaim bundle 1, please?
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is the -----
27 A. Yes, I have it, my Lord.
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29 MS. STEEL: If you turn to tab 96, please?
30 A. It only goes up to 83.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it in volume 2?
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34 MS. STEEL: Pardon?
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is it? Is it a -----
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38 MS. STEEL: A letter from the desk of Mike Matthews.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Volume 2, tab 96.
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42 MS. STEEL: Sorry, but because we have not got a set in court,
43 I take mine out, the ones that I -----
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not worry; as long as we find it.
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47 THE WITNESS: What number was it, again?
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49 MS. STEEL: 96. This is a letter from the desk of
50 Mike Matthews, dated 10/7/91, is it?
51 A. It is cut off.
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53 Q. It must be 1991, because it has about 18th May picket.
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55 "This leaflet came from a Cardiff university common room;
56 clearly, the name and address of the printers has been cut
57 off. Any chance ever tracing via other sources perhaps?
58 Mike."
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60 Then you have made a note on it. What other sources was he
