Day 142 - 26 Jun 95 - Page 37


     
     1        A.  That would vary ---
     2
     3   Q.   From state to state?
     4        A.  -- from state to state and maybe even municipality to
     5        municipality.
     6
     7   Q.   Is there a general age that you are aware of?
     8        A.  I would not want to hazard a guess.  I have not dealt
     9        with that or generally -----
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why do you not just pick an age, regardless
    12        of whether they still have to be at school.  I was once
    13        involved in a collision on the road in America only to find
    14        that the driver of the other car was 15.  Although it was
    15        in Michigan, he came from one of the southern states where
    16        you could drive legally at the age of 15.
    17        A.  That I am aware of, so I am not sure what -----
    18
    19   MR. MORRIS:  If I ask a simple question then:  Does McDonald's
    20        have any policy on the minimum age at which it will employ
    21        employees in America?
    22        A.  There are legal requirements that McDonald's would
    23        fully abide by, whatever the jurisdiction requires.
    24
    25   Q.   So you do not have any policies separate from what the law
    26        dictates?
    27        A.  That would be the minimum.
    28
    29   Q.   On minimum age?
    30        A.  What the law dictates is the minimum of what we would
    31        do.
    32
    33   Q.   Right, so where there are laws regarding setting minimum
    34        age conditions, McDonald's would comply with those laws,
    35        otherwise you do not have any policies above and beyond
    36        those laws?
    37        A.  To me, that would be a minimum standard, and above that
    38        the local areas and the owner/operators may, in fact, have
    39        standards that are higher.  We often times have standards
    40        that are much higher than the law.  We always regard the
    41        law as absolutely the minimum, and we should, in fact, in
    42        most instances have more than just the minimum.
    43
    44   Q.   But you do not have any national policy on minimum age for
    45        employees?
    46        A.  Well, the only thing I can think of is under the
    47        federal law in general you cannot employ someone under 14
    48        years of age, so if that is what are you referring to, but
    49        that does not have anything to do with school or school
    50        leavers. 
    51 
    52   Q.   OK, I think we can move on.  Yes, we can leave that 
    53        document.  Thank you.  If you go to the abstract --
    54        actually just forget the abstract for the minute.  Have you
    55        been to Norway?
    56        A.  No.
    57
    58   Q.   You have never visited Norway?
    59        A.  No.  I am searching my memory, but I do not think
    60        I have ever been in Norway.  No, I am positive.

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