Day 086 - 09 Feb 95 - Page 82
1 Q. Tab G?
2 A. I have it.
3
4 Q. 366. This is a Management Development Programme; is that
5 right?
6 A. Yes, I have it.
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8 Q. This is what is used for training managers, is that right?
9 I think you told us that.
10 A. Yes, the Management Development Programme is what is
11 used to do that.
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13 Q. As we can see from the document, there are different
14 levels, of course, are there not?
15 A. There are different levels for different -----
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17 Q. This is the Basic Operation Course, right?
18 A. Correct.
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20 Q. Look at the top of the page, please? Does it say "Floor
21 Control"?
22 A. It does.
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24 Q. It says: "This session teaches the trainees how to
25 effectively plan and manage shifts"?
26 A. That is right.
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28 Q. Did you detect in your cross-examination by the Defendants
29 any suggestion that McDonald's do not care about the health
30 and safety of their workforce?
31 A. I think I gathered that that is what they were
32 implying.
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34 Q. Yes. Do you see that it says: "Students will be able to"
35 and the first blob, sometimes called a bullet point,
36 I think, says: "State why Health and Safety problems
37 should be tackled before all other tasks". I failed this
38 test Mr. Atherton, I would fail, because I do not know the
39 answer to that question. What is the reason why health and
40 safety problems should be tackled before all other tasks?
41 A. Because they are the most important tasks. The health
42 and safety of any member of staff is more important than
43 anything else that happens in the restaurant.
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45 Q. During your time in restaurants on the ground was that
46 instruction or precept carried out in practice or not?
47 A. That is the spirit of how McDonald's restaurants run.
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49 Q. Is it your own experience that that is how they were run
50 when you were in them?
51 A. It is my own experience and it is also my observation
52 when I go around restaurants.
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54 Q. Yes, thank you. As far as I am concerned, you can discard
55 that file. Put it in a convenient place and please take up
56 pink XIII. Do not open it yet because I want to ask you
57 some other questions arising out of your
58 cross-examination. The reason that my questions now are
59 disorderly is that they arise out of your
60 cross-examination. You remember you were asked about a
