Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 39


     
     1        told me, I would have assumed.
     2
     3   Q.   Or she might have dealt with it herself?
     4        A.  It depends how frequent it was.  If it was just a
     5        one-off complaint, then she may well have dealt with it
     6        herself, but if, as you are alleging, it was a frequent
     7        occurrence, then I would have assumed she would have told
     8        me.
     9
    10   Q.   You would assume that she would have told you?
    11        A.  Oh, she would have told me.
    12
    13   Q.   She should have told you?
    14        A.  She would have told me.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What was your relationship with Mr. Alimi?
    17        Was there any difficulty in talking to each other?
    18        A.  No.  We used to get on quite well, as I remember.
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  In paragraph 34, second line, you say: "It is true
    21        to say that people sometimes work double shifts."  Is that
    22        correct?
    23        A.  Yes -- very rarely.
    24
    25   Q.   Sometimes?
    26        A.  Sometimes, but rarely.
    27
    28   Q.  "This was because the employee concerned requested to do so
    29        because they wanted extra pay."  Is that correct?
    30        A.  That is correct, yes.
    31
    32   Q.   So every single time that people worked double shifts, your
    33        recollection was that it was because they wanted extra pay?
    34        A.  Yes, they would request it.
    35
    36   Q.   What action did you take (if any) to prevent this double
    37        shift working?
    38        A.  I used to actively discourage it.  If somebody came and
    39        requested to work a double shift, it depended on who the
    40        person was and whether I felt they were capable of doing
    41        it, then I may have complied with that request.  However,
    42        it would not have been the norm.  It was not something that
    43        I actively encouraged, and it is not something that I would
    44        consider was particularly helpful to the restaurant.  The
    45        instances that I can remember would have been students who
    46        wanted to earn extra money during their holiday time to
    47        tide them through their term time.
    48
    49   Q.   So that was a common situation, that the students that
    50        worked at that store would have to save up money to last 
    51        through when they were not able or available to work? 
    52        A.  Quite often, the students would work in the holiday 
    53        times and then, say they went away to college, I do not
    54        know, wherever it was, in Glasgow or Edinburgh or wherever
    55        the college was, they may not work at the place they were
    56        going to.  They might choose not to.  So they could -----
    57
    58   Q.   And McDonald's took advantage of that section of the
    59        population to get them to work sometimes long hours?
    60        A.  I think I would term it as a mutually agreeable work

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