Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 48


     
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     2   Q.   But that is what happened: reviews were carried out?  We
     3        can see from the documents.
     4        A.  Yes.  I cannot recall.
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     6   Q.   Wage rises were given.
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     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL: The restaurant in Upper O'Connell Street,
     9        according to your statement, opened on 23rd January, 1979?
    10        A.  That is correct.
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    12   Q.   Which was only less than a month before, in fact?
    13        A.  That is correct.
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    15   Q.   Granted that some people have come across from Grafton
    16        Street -- for instance, Marie Walsh, according to the
    17        memorandum.  But at what stage did you take people on to
    18        start training them up for the new restaurant?
    19        A.  They would have been taken on prior to the end of the
    20        year.
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    22   Q.   That is why I ask.  I mean, is what you are saying that a
    23        lot of them were taken on in November preparatory to
    24        O'Connell Street opening?
    25        A.  Yes, they were.
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    27   Q.   So the 90 days would be up at about this time?
    28        A.  Yes.  What happened, my Lord, was that the construction
    29        of the restaurant was delayed; it should have opened in
    30        December 1978, approximately, in some date in that month,
    31        and it did not, because there was a major problem with
    32        electrical installation, and it did not open until January,
    33        23rd January.  So quite a few people employed for that
    34        restaurant would have commenced employment in
    35        November 1978, the previous November.
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    37   MS. STEEL:  "He processed the reviews very quickly and most
    38        people were rated 2 which is an excellent rating and
    39        qualified them for an hourly raise of 10 pence per hour.
    40        The reviews have now been given out."
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    42        Is that common, that most people are rated as 2?  That is
    43        the second highest raise, is it not?
    44        A.  Yes, it is; that is correct.
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    46   Q.   Is that common, that most people get the second highest
    47        raise?
    48        A.  Yes.  It is a function of the training programme, if it
    49        is properly implemented, that people will become proficient
    50        quicker; consequently, they will have a higher rating at an 
    51        early stage. 
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    53   Q.   But you cannot remember what percentage of people would be
    54        rated as 2?
    55        A.  No.  It is a long time ago.
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    57   Q.   The second rate would be a 10 pence increase; that is
    58        correct, is it not?
    59        A.  Yes, from memory, that is correct.
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