Day 207 - 23 Jan 96 - Page 39
1 thought to be some sense in giving your
2 break/refreshment/rest period nearer the middle of the
3 shift than one end.
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5 MS. STEEL: I am happy to take that course.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why not take it up on that premise?
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9 MS. STEEL: If I ask the question again then. If people were
10 having to take their breaks early or very late in their
11 shift, rather than having it around about the middle of
12 their shift, would you accept that that is an indication
13 that there is understaffing there, insufficient number of
14 staff to be able to cover for them to have their breaks?
15 A. On the day in question that we went through earlier,
16 I counted 44 members of staff on the day shift, and
17 I considered that adequate staffing to run that shift. So,
18 no, but -----
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20 Q. If that day is representative of other days, it is not
21 unusual, then; you are perfectly happy that the staffing
22 levels are what they need to be?
23 A. I would say 44 crew was enough to run the store
24 properly, yes.
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26 Q. The day that we looked at in question, would you say that
27 that would be a fairly normal day?
28 A. From -- what, without the number of staff in the
29 restaurant?
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31 Q. Yes.
32 A. For a Saturday.
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34 Q. Yes. That would be fairly normal? If you nod, it does not
35 come out on the transcript?
36 A. Yes. Sorry.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that page 407 that you are looking at?
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40 MS. STEEL: I was not actually looking at any page. I was
41 referring to the pages that we were talking about this
42 morning, on the Saturday.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I see.
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46 MS. STEEL: I think that was what the witness was referring to,
47 too.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was, except that I think he opened -- and
50 I thought I could see that you had got open there as well,
51 because Mr. Henden referred to tab 5 -- a day which has
52 numbers in store. It is a complete misapprehension.
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54 (To the witness) Are you clear that Ms. Steel was
55 referring to the payroll?
56 A. The one we looked at earlier?
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58 Q. This morning; not at the document you have open in front of
59 you there.
60 A. Yes.
