Day 120 - 03 May 95 - Page 50


     
     1        have thought two to three years in the store file and then
     2        probably destroyed.
     3
     4   Q.   In a performance review someone has to score above 76 per
     5        cent, is that correct, to get a rise?
     6        A.  Can you direct me to the -- it is in the Crew Handbook.
     7
     8   Q.   I cannot remember where exactly it is but something you
     9        said, I believe, in examination-in-chief?
    10        A.  Yes.  It is in the Crew Handbook.  These figures change
    11        and vary so I you will have to refer me to the Crew
    12        Handbook.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why do you not try to put your point in this
    15        anyway and we will see if it is necessary to look it up?
    16
    17   MR. MORRIS:  Do you know what percentage of people get above 76
    18        per cent, or whatever figure it is, to justify a pay
    19        increase?
    20        A.  In the whole of the country -- no.
    21
    22   Q.   Approximately, a percentage?
    23        A.  No, I have no idea, I could not even hazard a guess.
    24
    25   Q.   You could not hazard a guess?
    26        A.  No.
    27
    28   Q.   You would not know what percentage would get above 87 per
    29        cent, or whatever figure it is, that would justify a
    30        10 pence rise?
    31        A.  No.
    32
    33   Q.   In fact, you have absolutely no idea whether staff are
    34        getting wage increases ---
    35        A.  Yes.
    36
    37   Q.   -- on any kind of scale where you can say, as Head of
    38        Personnel, people are getting more, they are not getting
    39        more?
    40        A.  Oh, I could find that out quite easily by referring to
    41        the personnel audit.
    42
    43   Q.   What, for each store?
    44        A.  Yes, but I would have to go to each store.
    45
    46   Q.   Right.
    47        A.  I would expect, if there was something alarming, the
    48        Field Personnel Officer would bring it to my attention, or
    49        would have, when I was responsible for Personnel.
    50 
    51   Q.   If there was something alarmingly wrong like too many 
    52        people getting wage increases? 
    53        A.  Or too few.
    54
    55   Q.   But if they were getting wage increases, that would affect
    56        the labour percentage, would it not, which has to be kept
    57        down?
    58        A.  It does not have to be kept down
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That does not follow because it is,

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