Day 204 - 15 Jan 96 - Page 10


     
     1        fortnightly, but the clock cards were added weekly in the
     2        store.
     3
     4   Q.   Let us suppose someone had worked actually 24 hours one
     5        week and 26 hours another ---
     6        A.  OK.
     7
     8   Q.   -- and then they get their payslip; and it would have the
     9        total number of hours, I assume?
    10        A.  Yes, certainly it would.
    11
    12   Q.   And it should be 50?
    13        A.  Yes.
    14
    15   Q.   They would have to notice that it said 49 and remember
    16        that, in fact, they had done 24 hours one week and 26 the
    17        other, in order to appreciate that they had lost an hour;
    18        is that right?
    19        A.  You are correct, yes.
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Let me make a note. (Pause)  Yes?
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:  I want to clarify something.  You said that when you
    24        had the manual clock cards it was all totalled up at the
    25        bottom on a Saturday, or -- it says "or a Saturday", but
    26        I presume a Sunday.  When you went in and you saw that you
    27        had been cut short an hour, was that after this totalling
    28        had been done or was that something completely separate?
    29        A.  Once you actually got the clock cards, you totalled the
    30        clock cards up, you then transfer the information from the
    31        clock cards on to a payroll report, and that payroll report
    32        then gets sent off to Head Office, so everyone gets paid
    33        for what they have worked.  What I noticed this discrepancy
    34        of was -- my second clock card was incorrect on the payroll
    35        report itself; there was actually a difference of one hour,
    36        and I commented to Ray about that.
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a minute.  When the Husky came in,
    39        how could an ordinary crew member notice then?  What would
    40        they have to notice in order to appreciate that they had
    41        lost an hour on their payslip?  They do not have the
    42        mechanical advantage of seeing the clock card, looking at
    43        their clock card in their hand?
    44        A.  Well -----
    45
    46   Q.   Can they see what their weekly total is each week?
    47        A.  No, but they can ask, they can certainly ask.
    48
    49   Q.   They can ask.  But would there be anything which they would
    50        see, just as a matter of course, which would tell them? 
    51        A.  No.  May I also add that when a person actually clocked 
    52        off on the Husky, also, when they actually come in the next 
    53        day, you could still see when you clocked out from the
    54        previous night.
    55
    56   Q.   I appreciate that.  But, as I understand it, the clock card
    57        does a total, so that when you come to the end of the week
    58        on the clock card you could see that you had worked
    59        24 hours or 26 hours?
    60        A.  Yes.

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