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     1        A.  No.  Generally speaking you would return at the same
     2        rate of pay you had when you left.  There is local
     3        discretion, but overall we value that experience that
     4        someone has had and we would restore them to the old rate
     5        of pay.
     6
     7   Q.   Take this scenario, please.  Suppose that my home is in
     8        Chicago but I am at college in Boston, and suppose that
     9        while I am at college in Boston I choose to work maybe
    10        nights, maybe weekends, at McDonald's.  In Chicago I have
    11        been working at McDonald's during the vacations.  How can
    12        McDonald's ensure in Boston that I get the same rate when I
    13        join at Boston as I did when I worked in Chicago?
    14        A.  OK.  The process would be that when you fill out an
    15        application for the job in Boston (this is someone who is
    16        living in Chicago if I recall) you would indicate where you
    17        have worked.  It asks on there, "Have you worked for
    18        McDonald's before?" because obviously we consider that
    19        important.  We also ask for what rate of pay you had and
    20        length of time that you worked there.  That information
    21        would then be imparted to the regional office that is in
    22        Boston and they would make contact with Chicago to verify
    23        the information.
    24
    25   Q.   Would they ascertain what was the rate I was at when
    26        I stopped working in Chicago?
    27        A.  Yes, absolutely.  Yes.
    28
    29   Q.   You do not I think record figures for people who come back
    30        to work at McDonald's after having left.  You do not record
    31        returnees; you record leavers but not returnees in the
    32        course of a year?
    33        A.  That is correct.  When someone comes back we give them
    34        a new number, if you will.
    35
    36   MR. MORRIS:  There were two quite prominent leading questions on
    37        important matters one after another.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you do not want to lead you do not have to
    40        address me.  All you have to say in a quiet voice to
    41        Mr. Rampton is "please do not lead on this".
    42
    43   MR. RAMPTON:  I was only trying to save time.  I will ask it in
    44        a non-leading way.  Do you, Mr. Stein, keep a record of
    45        those who come back to McDonald's after an interim having
    46        previously worked for McDonald's, whether in the same place
    47        or elsewhere but having left?
    48        A.  No, not at all.  They would get a new number and they
    49        would move forward with their employment.  Then if they
    50        leave again we would track the fact that we had a turnover, 
    51        as we would call it. 
    52 
    53   Q.   I am coming to turnover in due course.  You get a number at
    54        the point where you are employed?
    55        A.  That is correct.
    56
    57   Q.   And that number, does it then go through the length of that
    58        particular period of employment?
    59        A.  For the continuous period of time.
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