Day 122 - 05 May 95 - Page 56
1 they kept various records, accident books, crew records,
2 time clock records, and the information that came back to
3 me was that the clock cards were destroyed as quickly as
4 they possibly could because they are big generators of
5 paper.
6
7 Q. The stores are instructed to retain clock cards for at
8 least five years, are they not?
9 A. Not that I know of.
10
11 Q. Have you got pink volume XII, please?
12 A. Yes.
13
14 Q. If you could turn to tab 11?
15 A. Yes.
16
17 Q. Page 493?
18 A. Yes.
19
20 Q. It is a job description for the Administrative Assistant?
21 A. Yes.
22
23 Q. This is within the crew training programme, I think?
24 A. Yes.
25
26 Q. Actually, if you turn over to page 494?
27 A. Yes.
28
29 Q. No 18, job description of this person, Typical Duties And
30 Responsibilities: "Maintains the clock cards of hourly
31 paid employees in an orderly condition (for at least five
32 years)".
33 A. I do not know -- well, I am going on what I was told --
34 I do not know anything about this, but the information
35 I was told, and making enquiries on your behalf, was that
36 clock cards were destroyed very quickly. I think what has
37 been saved for five years is the information extracted from
38 the actual clock cards.
39
40 Q. That is not what it says there, is it?
41 A. No, I agree that is not what it says, but I think that
42 is what it means. That is what happens, in effect.
43
44 Q. Can you just say what the "store-wide reports" are?
45 A. Can you refer me to that?
46
47 Q. Do you know what the store-wide reports are?
48 A. Yes, it is a thing used in Operations. I am not sure
49 what it is. I think it is what produces, I think it is
50 what produces, their hourly volume, their daily volume,
51 what you have on one --- all the tills are computerised and
52 you have one till that the Manager is responsible for. He
53 can go to that one till and extract from that till a
54 store-wide report showing what each of the tills have done
55 in the last hour and in the preceeding hours, so that he is
56 constantly aware of what the volume is.
57
58 Q. Is that all it is about?
59 A. Oh, I do not know, but I am sure that is what it is,
60 yes.
