Day 133 - 12 Jun 95 - Page 37
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. With a variety of -- I will not read them out -- different
4 kind of retail outlets listed?
5 A. Yes.
6
7 Q. Presumably, again the people who did this have found out
8 which those companies pay?
9 A. Yes.
10
11 Q. Is that right?
12 A. Yes.
13
14 Q. I think Mr. Nicholson told us about this. Then on two
15 pages on, you find a series of tables actually all the way
16 through to the last page, but one can deal with it just by
17 looking at one particular page, perhaps, which is this
18 table 1.1 and then at the bottom of the page one sees
19 McDonald's Basic Rates.
20
21 It gives a minimum in table 1.1, the lower quartile, then
22 the medium and then the upper quartile. If one looks at
23 the medium, which of those three categories of staff,
24 general sales assistants, sales person and other staff, do
25 you think is the right -- if there is one -- person to
26 compare with an ordinary McDonald's crew member?
27 A. I am sorry, which one of those categories would we
28 benchmark against?
29
30 Q. Yes, which is the benchmark? General sales assistants,
31 sales person or other staff -- not that it makes much
32 difference if one looks at the -----
33 A. Yes, that is right, probably general sales assistant.
34
35 Q. General sales assistant?
36 A. Yes, in most cases with a crew position. I mean,
37 obviously, the term "general sales assistant" in other
38 companies could cover different types of jobs. So, that is
39 probably the best broad category of description.
40
41 Q. One can see that, whichever one of those benchmarks one
42 chooses, in the medium column, so far as McDonald's
43 starting rates are concerned, which one sees at the bottom
44 of the page, the benchmark exceeds all but the evening and
45 premium rate in Inner London, do you see that for
46 McDonald's?
47 A. Yes, but could you just direct me to which figure you
48 are looking at?
49
50 Q. At the bottom of the page you will find McDonald's Basic
51 Rates which you have told us are starting rates?
52 A. Yes.
53
54 Q. The highest of which is £3.55 for the evening premium rate
55 in Inner London?
56 A. Yes.
57
58 Q. It is only that rate which exceeds the mediums given in
59 table 1.1?
60 A. Yes.
