Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 32
1 A. No, we do not. Our -----
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3 Q. Sorry, how then is the basic starting rate determined in
4 the United States?
5 A. Individual marketplaces will set their own wages. We
6 do what we call internally employment quests, where we
7 compare ourselves to others who are seeking the same labour
8 force, if you will.
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10 Q. When you say "we", do you mean Oak Brook?
11 A. No, I am sorry, and you will have to forgive me -- in
12 McDonald's it is rare that I would use the word "I" or "the
13 Company" or whatever, we use the word "we" often. No, this
14 is not an Oak Brook responsibility. That responsibility is
15 delegated down to our 40 regions within the US, and each of
16 our 40 regions has Human Resource people within the
17 regional office, and they would be the folks responsible
18 for doing wage surveys and data gathering to determine what
19 their wage rate should be.
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21 Q. In this country a similar exercise is done, we have heard,
22 from Lyn Mead. Do you know her?
23 A. Yes, I do.
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25 Q. That is done nationally in this country and we have seen
26 some documents?
27 A. OK.
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29 Q. Is that an exercise which is not done nationally, as
30 I understand it, in the United States?
31 A. No, it is not. What we do is -- I think I have already
32 mentioned -- we delegate that down.
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34 Q. I am sorry about this, could you change over those two
35 files, please -----
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Before we leave those then, Mr. Rampton, if
38 I could just turn back to D2 ----
39 A. My Lord, what page is that?
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41 MR. RAMPTON: That is the one behind your statement.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Two sheets from the back.
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45 MR. RAMPTON: It is the government form.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think I can tell you the columns there,
48 both male and female, have a column which is "White" and
49 then in parenthesis "not of Hispanic origin" and "Black"
50 and then in parenthesis "not Hispanic origin". I assume
51 that you are Hispanic origin if your first tongue is
52 Spanish, probably that is the definition, is it?
53 A. It is usually the surname. It is -- you identify it by
54 surname but also verify it with the employee.
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56 Q. Right. Why should it be that there is a risk of
57 discrimination or prejudice there? Is it because they are
58 mostly of Mexican origins or from Puerto Rico or what?
59 A. The rules in this area, my Lord, are very specific.
60 When you are going through the interviewing and hiring
