Day 134 - 13 Jun 95 - Page 08


     
     1        how the computer system works.  It may be that is not the
     2        angle you are pursuing, but I cannot answer for that, but
     3        certainly the information is fed through to the central
     4        computer, yes, that is my understanding.
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you even know whether the terminals which
     7        they have in restaurants immediately feed the main computer
     8        or whether they have separate computers and by a less
     9        direct means transfer it to some central computer?  Do you
    10        know yourself?
    11        A.  There is certainly a link.  I am not sure whether that
    12        transfer takes place immediately.  I think that some
    13        information is transferred overnight, for example.
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  I think that may be so because I saw
    16        one of the computer printouts had a time which was about
    17        2.00 in the morning on it.
    18
    19   MS. STEEL:   You mentioned about hard copies at the store; when
    20        the store feeds in the details, they printout a hard copy
    21        for themselves, yes?
    22        A.  Details of what?
    23
    24   Q.   Of the hours that individual employees are working?
    25        A.  They would not actually -- they would not actually feed
    26        in that information.  These are things that I am not
    27        directly familiar with, so I will have to keep saying that
    28        I am not sure.
    29
    30   Q.   That is from when the employees clocks in?
    31        A.  Yes, a person clocks in and then a record is kept.
    32        There is not then an immediate printout.  There are certain
    33        printouts that are produced weekly so there would then be a
    34        weekly record.
    35
    36   Q.   At the store?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   But you do not make any recommendations to managers about
    40        how long they keep those records?
    41        A.  Well, we would certainly expect them to keep them for
    42        up to a year because that is the period of time over which
    43        someone may come in to look at them for the purposes of the
    44        evaluation report that we talked about yesterday.
    45
    46   Q.   The personnel audit?
    47        A.  I beg your pardon?
    48
    49   Q.   The personnel audit?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   When they get fed up to Head Office by whatever means Head 
    53        Office gets a printout?
    54        A.  I would doubt they would get a printout.  I would think
    55        that was unlikely because it would not seem very sensible
    56        to churn out lots of paper, but I do not know.
    57
    58   Q.   But they can compile statistical information from that
    59        which they print out?
    60        A.  There is certain statistical information produced, yes.

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