Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 29
1 number of hours just on one time sheet?
2 A. Well, I do not know that this is the complete time
3 sheet. This is just one page. I know nothing about this
4 store.
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6 Q. This is all that your company disclosed so .....
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8 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord. This was disclosed because of the
9 lady whose name is in bold in the middle of the page.
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11 MS. STEEL: I know it was, but this was all that was disclosed.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. All he is saying is he does not know
14 whether that is the complete payroll for the stores; it may
15 be, it may not.
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17 MS. STEEL: Whether or not it is the complete payroll for the
18 store, there are a considerable number of people there who
19 are working -----
20 A. Well, I have not added those figures up and some of
21 them -- I will take your word for it on what you have
22 said. I do not find anything wrong with it.
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24 Q. You have not got a problem with that number of people
25 working -----
26 A. But I do not know what the size of the store is now.
27 The document on its own there is, to me, meaningless.
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29 Q. You do not know the Shirley store at all?
30 A. No.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is being put to you -----
33 A. Is there seems to be a lot of people working overtime.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you added up the number of names,
36 Ms. Steel.
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38 MS. STEEL: I think it is nine.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, the number of names altogether.
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42 MS. STEEL: Yes, 53, I think.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you. There are 53 names on that page;
45 nine of them worked for more than 78 hours. In fact, if
46 one put aside the 78.2 and the 79.11, because they are
47 pretty near the mark ---
48 A. So there is seven.
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50 Q. -- seven of them worked more than 80 hours. Just hold on a
51 moment. Six of them worked at least seven hours above the
52 78 for that fortnight. What you are being asked is what
53 you make of that.
54 A. Right. I would expect that to come up on that report.
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56 Q. Yes, but would it concern you that the ---
57 A. Not until I found out the reason.
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59 Q. -- the policy of not working more than 39 hours a week has
60 gone to the wall?
