Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 50
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. And did his job?
4 A. Yes.
5
6 Q. Could you explain something about the star system, as you
7 have put in your statement, that in order to get a pay rise
8 did you automatically have to get stars?
9 A. No, not necessarily. I mean, the lad himself ----
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11 Q. You could get a pay rise without having stars?
12 A. The lad got a 15 pence pay rise off me.
13
14 Q. But, I mean, in the long-term?
15 A. Yes and no.
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17 Q. If you did not get stars it did not affect your -- you
18 still had the ability to get pay rises?
19 A. Yes, as I showed with that person.
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21 Q. Yes. That was his probationary period, or something?
22 A. No.
23
24 Q. Was it not?
25 A. No.
26
27 Q. Well, whatever it was. I understand.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you going to ask if Mr. Atkinson can
30 remember Mr. Magill leaving?
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32 MR. MORRIS: Can you remember Mr. Magill leaving?
33 A. Yes. He joined Selfridges in the toy department.
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35 Q. Right. Did he say why he was going to Selfridges' toy
36 department?
37 A. I think he might have said it was -- he was getting
38 much more money there. I think that was around Easter time
39 he might have gone, possibly.
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41 Q. Thank you very much.
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43 MS. STEEL: When he said that, you did not offer him a pay rise
44 to persuade him to stay?
45 A. He had had one the previous month, I think.
46
47 Q. But you did not offer him another one to persuade him to
48 stay?
49 A. It is going to cause certain friction among your staff,
50 is it not, if you start doing that?
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52 Q. I am just asking you a question. The answer is no?
53 A. No.
54
55 Q. You said about staff working more than 39 hours a week; do
56 you remember how often that happened?
57 A. It happens, yes.
58
59 Q. What happened when the staff did work more than 39 hours a
60 week, was any action taken as a consequence of that by you
