Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 30


     
     1        that in some stores in the US you mean to suggest you are
     2        not allowed to bring food in or you suggest that that is so
     3        in the UK ---
     4
     5   MS. STEEL:   You are aware, are you not -----
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- you may get the same answer, you may not.
     8        I would not have thought there is quite the same cultural
     9        difference between the United Kingdom and the United States
    10        as they might be between either of them and some other
    11        countries.
    12
    13   MS. STEEL:  You are aware, are you not, that in some of the
    14        countries that McDonald's operates in it does not allow
    15        crew to bring in their own food to eat during they meal
    16        breaks?
    17        A.  I have never gotten into that issue.  I am not aware of
    18        that.  I can -- that is something I have never gotten into.
    19
    20   Q.   What issues do you get into when you go around the world,
    21        Mr. Stein?
    22        A.  I get into compensation issues, I get into various
    23        systems, employment systems, recruiting, retention issues.
    24        I run the gamut of human resources.
    25
    26   Q.   But not employee rights?
    27        A.  I do not understand that question.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, nor do I.
    30
    31   MS. STEEL:  The right to bring their own food into the
    32        restaurant to eat, for example?
    33        A.  My Lord -----
    34
    35   Q.   Into the crew room?
    36        A.  I would think that the management of a local country
    37        can manage themselves in something such as that.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you see that as an operational matter ---
    40        A.  Absolutely.
    41
    42   Q.   -- rather than an employees, Human Resources matter?
    43        A.  Absolutely, my Lord.  I personally have never seen it
    44        raised as an issue, so I -- when you are providing either
    45        free food or half priced food, people are generally very
    46        happy to receive that, so it is not an issue.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you do have a particular instance of where
    49        it happens, then do put that to Mr. Stein; you do not have
    50        to.  I am merely suggesting.  I suggested it before and you 
    51        put the generality again, but if you do have a particular 
    52        situation in mind, then now is your opportunity to put it, 
    53        if you want to.
    54
    55   MS. STEEL:  In the UK, Mr. Stein, crew members are not allowed
    56        to bring their own food into the store to eat in the crew
    57        room during their breaks; do you think that that is
    58        acceptable?
    59        A.  That is their decision.  I would not -- if that is the
    60        case, that is their decision.  I would not interfere with

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