Day 150 - 07 Jul 95 - Page 53


     
     1        people working continuously without any breaks at all?
     2        A.  No.
     3
     4   Q.   Are you aware of breaks being shortened or moved around?  I
     5        mean, does that happen from time to time?
     6        A.  I think that if we got -- no, because in terms of the
     7        scheduling of the business, that would allow for people to
     8        take breaks as well.
     9
    10   Q.   What I am saying to you, is that a hard and fast rule or
    11        does it depend on the amount of business during the day?
    12        A.  Sorry, I did not quite understand what you mean.
    13
    14   Q.   Whether a person can take a break at a particular time?
    15        A.  We generally make sure that breaks are at times that in
    16        terms of how long the person has been working in the store
    17        and predominantly outside of the main busy period, but that
    18        is all part and parcel of planning the scheduling
    19        efficiently to make sure that those can be taken into
    20        consideration as well.
    21
    22   MR. ATKINSON:   I have no further questions, my Lord.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are you ready to start now?
    25
    26   MS. STEEL:   It might be helpful if we had five minutes just to
    27        chat about who is going to do what.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not want you to take longer than
    30        necessary, but five minutes is sufficient, is it?
    31
    32   MS. STEEL:   I think so.
    33
    34                       (Short Adjournment)
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest we do is see if we can get
    37        through the rest of afternoon without a break but finish
    38        promptly at about 4 o'clock, so if you pick out a time to
    39        break off about then.
    40
    41   MS. STEEL:  Right, OK.
    42
    43                   Cross-examined by the Defendants
    44
    45   MS. STEEL:  When you became an Area Supervisor responsible for
    46        the Clacton and Colchester restaurants, where were you
    47        based, where were you working from?
    48        A.  My office, I think, in those days was at Edgebaston in
    49        Birmingham.
    50 
    51   Q.   So your paper work and things like that would be up 
    52        in  ----- 
    53        A.  Oh, no, the paper work side of it I kept with me, so
    54        basically I had a cardboard box in the back of the boot of
    55        my car which contained the paper work I kept at home,
    56        because I was probably about three hours away from the
    57        office, although sort of officially I was based in
    58        Birmingham for the purposes of the payroll, I suppose.  It
    59        was a field position, so I would treat it as such.
    60

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