Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 54
1 and date at a later point in time and they decided not to
2 turn up for that one either.
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4 Q. So?
5 A. So, in total, I only had actually one appeal, although
6 there were three that may have been.
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8 Q. That would be in six years as a senior Supervisor, would
9 it?
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. For covering between eight and 14 stores?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. This has come up before -- I will ask it again. You said:
16 "If anybody had been sacked other than in accordance with
17 the correct procedures the employee concerned would
18 undoubtedly" ----
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not bother to pursue that. I have the
21 greatest difficulty with that.
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23 MR. MORRIS: OK. We think we might have a quarter of an hour's
24 questioning left. If we could have a break it might be
25 helpful.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How long do you want?
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29 MR. MORRIS: A five minute break.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will come back at 20 past three.
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33 (Short adjournment)
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35 MS. STEEL: You said in paragraph 17 of your statement that
36 "Cranna's claim that an employee would be sent home
37 immediately if he or she answered back should be put into
38 context. It is true that a Manager might consider this
39 approach to be appropriate in certain circumstances; for
40 example, it might be an appropriate way of reprimanding an
41 employee if he was particularly out of line, but without
42 resorting to formal disciplinary procedures which would
43 remain on the record. If the employee was sent home as
44 part of the formal disciplinary process, then he or she
45 would be entitled to receive normal pay." If they are just
46 sent home without recourse to formal disciplinary
47 procedures they would not be entitled to pay, would they?
48 A. No, they would not because it is a reprimand.
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50 Q. Right.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you give me an example of the
53 circumstances in which you think it appropriate to send
54 someone home so that they lose what would otherwise be paid
55 hours of work but not invoking the disciplinary
56 proceedings?
57 A. Well, it may well be that it is just a crew member that
58 has been socialising the night before, has come into work
59 feeling rather tired, possibly suffering from the after
60 effects of alcohol, not in the best of moods and not
