Day 098 - 07 Mar 95 - Page 53
1 afternoon?
2 A. It is seven-and-half hours working time, so it is half
3 past 3 is the actual standard stopping time. Very often
4 they work beyond that, 4.00 or 5 o'clock.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You really want to know when the last ones go
7 in, do you not?
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9 MR. MORRIS: Yes, the last ones would go in round about half 3,
10 4.00, 4.30, something like that.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You say when they go?
13 A. Yes, it varies very much, sir, depending on how busy we
14 are, if you like. Sometimes they will be slaughtering
15 until 6 o'clock in the evening. It would not be unusual to
16 be slaughtering that late.
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18 Q. What, actually going into the race until 6 o'clock in the
19 evening?
20 A. OK, 5.30 to 6.00, yes. It is difficult to say.
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22 MR. MORRIS: As you said, the general cut off time would be
23 generally about 3.30 with exceptions of longer ---
24 A. Yes, but ---
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26 Q. -- extension?
27 A. -- longer days do happen quite a lot when we are busy,
28 yes.
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30 Q. So on the days, though, when you do stop in your set time
31 of 3.30, cattle arriving after that time would be kept
32 overnight?
33 A. Yes.
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35 MS. STEEL: Sorry, I just wanted to clarify something. You said
36 that there they would be slaughter for about seven-and-half
37 hours a day or the actual slaughtering process would be
38 about seven-and-a-half hours a day?
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. So, if they are running until 6 o'clock, are they having
42 breaks throughout the day, I do not know, if there are not
43 enough cows to slaughter, or something like that?
44 A. Yes, they will have breaks throughout the day.
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46 Q. So it is seven-and-a-half hours working time or
47 slaughtering time?
48 A. No, sorry, seven-and-a-half hours is the basic working
49 hours for a basic working day. If they are busy and the
50 people are working over-time, then they will go beyond that
51 seven-and-a-half hours.
52
53 Q. But, generally speaking, are they working non-stop?
54 A. Yes.
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56 Q. From 7 o'clock non-stop for seven-and-a-half hours?
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, can we try it another way? Slaughtering
59 starts about the same time every day?
60 A. Yes.
