Day 170 - 05 Oct 95 - Page 17
1 unlikely her hours were cut because she did not work many
2 hours in the first place", yet she was working 35 hours a
3 week?
4 A. What she was -- I understand it to believe that she was
5 full-time all the time and we employed -- she was employed
6 as a part-time staff.
7
8 Q. Yes. Do you know what hours? For the summer weeks before
9 22nd June she was working 35 hours or more a week. What
10 hours did she work when she came back as a party hostess in
11 August, can you remember?
12 A. I think -- I cannot remember speaking with her, but she
13 just worked when the parties were -- when we had children's
14 parties, mainly on a Sunday.
15
16 Q. Yes.
17
18 MR. MORRIS: Did she not do lobby work as well?
19 A. Yes.
20
21 Q. She did?
22 A. Yes.
23
24 Q. Is it true to say your memory of that time is fairly hazy?
25 A. When she came back to work, yes.
26
27 Q. So what is the one thing about that time that you remember
28 very clearly?
29 A. Her accident and the time she was a party hostess.
30
31 Q. The actual accident itself?
32 A. The actual accident.
33
34 Q. That is something that did not appear in your statement.
35 Are you aware that the accident is the subject of court
36 proceedings for compensation?
37 A. No.
38
39 Q. Are you aware that there was a claim for compensation made?
40 A. Only when I read her statement.
41
42 Q. Let us assume, for the sake of argument, she has made a
43 claim for compensation -- that is a legal fact -- nobody
44 ever came to interview you from McDonald's insurance
45 company or relevant department relating to that?
46 A. I cannot remember. I cannot remember. I can just
47 remember someone coming down from the Environmental Health
48 to inspect the area where she fell.
49
50 Q. What did the Environmental Health say?
51 A. He did not. He just looked at the area and checked on
52 my records to see if it was recorded.
53
54 Q. The accident?
55 A. Yes.
56
57 Q. That was because of a complaint, was it, by -----
58 A. I do not know.
59
60 Q. You did not call out the Environmental Health Officer?
