Day 151 - 10 Jul 95 - Page 35
1 volunteers. If somebody found themselves in that position
2 where they were financially dependent, significantly
3 financially dependent upon that, then obviously we are
4 asking for volunteers and they would not want to go.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Just to sum up the situation, for a start, it is
7 not one out of 55, is it, because we are talking about
8 full-timers, and full-timers are something round
9 20 per cent?
10 A. Sorry, in terms of the way the payslip was given to me
11 as one payslip out of a total payroll staff of 55.
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13 Q. But we are only talking about full-timers.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We can cross out the 70 or 80 per cent of
16 part-timers, because they are not, realistically, in the
17 field for working more than 39 hours. So what is being put
18 to you is that it is one person out of, say, 10 or 11 or a
19 dozen full-timers working more than 39.
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21 MR. MORRIS: At least one, that is.
22 A. The one that I have in front of me, obviously. But,
23 equally, there could be 29 out of the remaining 30 whatever
24 who are not working it. So it is one out of 30 now.
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26 Q. When you said before on oath that nobody -----
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let me just follow that up. Where do you get
29 your 29 or 30 from?
30 A. Sorry. I was thinking back in terms of when I was at
31 Leicester, 70/30, sorry. In terms of 30 per cent of 50,
32 then it is going to be less than that -- my apologies --
33 20, 14, 15.
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35 Q. It is going to be 15 or 16, something of that kind?
36 A. Less than 10 per cent, I think it is.
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38 MR. MORRIS: If it was 20 per cent, it would be something like
39 12 or 13.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you remember Colchester -- you may have
42 told me on Friday -- what proportion there were full-time
43 and what part-time?
44 A. I think the ratio was very similar in terms of either
45 60:40 or 70:30, but I could not remember specifically.
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47 MR. MORRIS: Do you know what the ratio is nationally?
48 A. No.
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50 Q. Were the stores in Leicester and Colchester any different
51 from stores nationally, in terms of ratio of full-time and
52 part-time?
53 A. Not to my knowledge, they were not.
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55 Q. You have a wide knowledge, presumably, of the Midlands and
56 West?
57 A. I have now, certainly.
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59 Q. There is nothing that would strike you as unusual about
60 Leicester and Colchester stores in terms of part-time and
