Day 120 - 03 May 95 - Page 56


     
     1        A.  Not to my knowledge.
     2
     3   Q.   You do not remember that?
     4        A.  No.
     5
     6   Q.   Do you remember any memo resulting from .....
     7        A.  The Guardian article?
     8
     9   Q.   Yes.
    10        A.  No.
    11
    12   Q.   To do with the hours that people worked?
    13        A.  As a result of the Guardian article, no.
    14
    15   Q.   Whether or not it was as a result of the Guardian article,
    16        around that time?
    17        A.  Well, I cannot bring them to mind
    18
    19   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, where is this memo?  I do not know
    20        anything about it.  Have we a reference for it?
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I suggest it is just left there for the
    23        moment.
    24
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  No, I suspect not.
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:  Do you recall any memos being sent out about that
    28        issue, about the hours that people worked, how long they
    29        were supposed to work, whether they should work on their
    30        days off or anything like that?
    31        A.  I imagine there have been notes for guidance sent out,
    32        but I cannot remember offhand any specific memo.  Memos
    33        would certainly be sent out about hours worked.
    34
    35   Q.   But particularly about people being made to work on their
    36        days off?
    37        A.  No.
    38
    39   Q.   Are you aware, when staff are asked to work on their days
    40        off, of instances when, if they have said they did not want
    41        to work on their days off, they have been basically told
    42        that if they do not work on the days off, then on future
    43        weeks they will get reduced shifts ---
    44        A.  No.
    45
    46   Q.   -- or horrible jobs or things like that?
    47        A.  No.
    48
    49   Q.   Would it concern you if you heard that was going on?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   It would concern you? 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   What action would you take if you heard about that?
    56        A.  Well, we are now in a hypothetical situation again but,
    57        depending upon the severity of it, I would probably
    58        instruct the Field Personnel Officer to go down and find
    59        out from the Operations people why it was necessary and why
    60        they had done it.

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