Day 133 - 12 Jun 95 - Page 24
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. Yes? My question is really -- the others perhaps speak for
4 themselves -- I assume if it says "Return school to
5 college", you at Head Office would regard that as being a
6 fairly reliable figure?
7 A. Yes.
8
9 Q. What do you make of the categories "Personal" and numbers
10 (4) and (11) "Without notice"? What interpretation do you
11 give them, if any?
12 A. Well, those include what people have said and so on.
13 It could be that sometimes personal reasons could cover
14 other aspects of -- covering the kind of dissatisfaction
15 areas. It is possible that that is the Manager's
16 interpretation. So they are somewhat more subject to
17 judgment.
18
19 Q. (11) "Without notice", I suppose, is if somebody just does
20 not reappear, is that what it is?
21 A. It is if someone resides and does not actually work out
22 their notice.
23
24 Q. Again, I suppose, there could be an element of what one
25 might call a dissatisfied category within that item as
26 well?
27 A. Yes, that is right.
28
29 Q. If one looks at the dissatisfied items which are numbers
30 (12) through to and including (18), yes?
31 A. Yes.
32
33 Q. One sees that they amount to just over 5.5 per cent of the
34 total?
35 A. Yes.
36
37 Q. These are reasons reported by the Managers?
38 A. Yes.
39
40 Q. Then there is "Other" which is statistically insignificant
41 anyway?
42
43 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, can we ask, is that other dissatisfaction or
44 is that just other -----
45
46 MR. RAMPTON: Other reason, unidentified.
47
48 MR. MORRIS: How do you know?
49
50 MR. RAMPTON: I see. I am sorry. I made a mistake. Mr. Morris
51 is quite right. One should add .83 per cent because it
52 stands for other conditions. I did make a mistake. So
53 that just brings it over 6 per cent. The next categories,
54 (22) to (28), are what one might call involuntary ---
55 A. Yes.
56
57 Q. -- terminations, yes?
58 A. Yes.
59
60 Q. The first two I do not ask about, redundancy and medical
