Day 134 - 13 Jun 95 - Page 31
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2 Q. I just note the crew to salaried staff is .77 per cent.
3 The tran X UK, No. 9, I note that the Northern region has
4 some vastly greater percentage for some reason. Is there
5 any explanation for that?
6 A. There may be an explanation but I do not know it.
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8 Q. I had a feeling that they may have gone to Scotland but
9 that would not be outside the UK. Is it possible that the
10 Scottish region would be considered a different region for
11 that purpose?
12 A. I think it is highly unlikely but I do not know.
13 I think if they transferred to Scotland they would be still
14 going on the payroll.
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16 Q. You said that this is the kind of thing that might be
17 looked at by the Supervisor or Area Supervisor when they do
18 the personnel audit, would it, the reasons people are
19 leaving a particular store, to see how the store is getting
20 on, performing, whether there is discontent or whatever,
21 yes?
22 A. Right. I am not sure which document you are referring
23 to.
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25 Q. This was the document that is the Personnel Procedures
26 Evaluation Report?
27 A. Right, but am I still looking at this one I was looking
28 at?
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30 Q. Yes, what I am saying is this would be one of the documents
31 that would be looked at, would it?
32 A. No, they would not look at document like this. They
33 would look at the terminated files and the reasons written
34 in there. They would be looking at the principle of it.
35 They would not be looking at that.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: A single document which accumulated all the
38 information for the store?
39 A. That is right.
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41 Q. They would just browse through the files and see what sort
42 of reasons people were giving for leaving?
43 A. Yes.
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45 MR. MORRIS: That is something they would definitely do; they
46 would definitely look at that information?
47 A. Yes.
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49 Q. And the Manager would know that?
50 A. Yes.
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52 Q. So it is not in the Manager's interest, is it, to write
53 down there is dissatisfaction with pay or conditions or
54 training or supervision or whatever the other matters are
55 under dissatisfaction, because that would count against the
56 Manager if they wrote that down?
57 A. I think we can conceded yesterday, I said that there
58 are elements here where we accept that there is discretion
59 at the part of the Manager, and that there may be other
60 things like the resigning without notice which cover other
