Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 36


     
     1        the close at one in the morning, how would she get home if
     2        she did not have her own transport?
     3        A.  By taxi.
     4
     5   Q.   Did she pay for that?
     6        A.  No, the Company paid; it had a taxi account.
     7
     8   Q.   Where was the money kept that paid for the taxi fare?
     9        A.  We used to get a weekly invoice from the taxi company,
    10        specifically detailing where the taxis had been, who they
    11        dropped off, not who they dropped off but where they
    12        dropped them.  Then we paid for the taxi account through
    13        petty cash.
    14
    15   Q.   Through the petty cash.  From what time in the evening were
    16        these taxis available at the Company's expense?
    17        A.  Only at the end of a close.
    18
    19   Q.   At the end of the close?
    20        A.  Yes.
    21
    22   Q.   So after midnight?
    23        A.  After midnight, yes.
    24
    25   Q.   There was in those days, Mr. Davis, a law that girls under
    26        18 could not work, I think, passed 10 o'clock; is that
    27        correct?
    28        A.  I believe that is correct, yes.
    29
    30   Q.   And boys not after midnight?
    31        A.  That is right.
    32
    33   Q.   Is this something that you were aware of at the time what
    34        the legal requirements were?
    35        A.  I was very aware of that, yes.
    36
    37   Q.   So far as you are aware, you as Manager and before that as
    38        Assistant Manager, was there ever a time when an under 18
    39        worked beyond the statutory time limit?
    40        A.  There may have been a time when they went over one or
    41        two minutes because, for some reason, they had either
    42        forgotten to clock off or, you know, somebody slipped their
    43        mind to ask them to go home at 10 o'clock, for instance;
    44        but there was never anything more than that.  That would
    45        have been an extremely rare event.  We are very, very
    46        strict on ensuring that those particular regulations were
    47        adhered to.
    48
    49   Q.   How were you able to be sure that you had adhered to them?
    50        A.  Sorry? 
    51 
    52   Q.   Did you keep any record of this so you could be sure that 
    53        you were doing it right?
    54        A.  Well, there was a number of records.  Firstly, there
    55        was a schedule.  When that was done we used to actually
    56        indicate on the schedule whether they were male, female,
    57        under 18 or over 18, full-time or part-time, and also total
    58        the hours at the end of the schedule for each individual
    59        person.
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