Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 39
1 he does not have any such documentation, and nor do I. How
2 long was that documentation like that kept for? How long
3 did you keep it at Tolgate?
4 A. We kept all of it. I was the Manager there four
5 months, so we would have kept it for at least, you know,
6 for the four months and beyond. I think the responsibility
7 is to keep it for years.
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9 Q. For years?
10 A. For years, six years.
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12 Q. And that would be the manager's responsibility, would it?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. To keep clock card files and adjustments audits reports?
16 A. I mean, I am not sure on the breakdown, but -----
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18 MS. STEEL: Did you ever check that the Managers were keeping
19 the clock card files and adjustment audit reports?
20 A. In the Colchester High Street restaurant?
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22 Q. Yes.
23 A. Yes.
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25 Q. You did?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. And were they keeping them?
29 A. No. I have already answered that.
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31 Q. Sorry?
32 A. I said that I tried to instigate a decent system of
33 recording of clock card files in the restaurant and tried
34 to clarify with Ray where the responsibility lay, such that
35 the restaurant Manager, the shift Manager the night before
36 would ensure that they were put into the computer paper
37 folders and then the morning-after Manager would sign those
38 to verify that they were correct; and then the Store
39 Manager was supposed to -- I asked Ray after this incident
40 to sign all of them every week, take them and go through
41 them once a week and sign them all. That is my memory of
42 the situation. The administration of things like that in
43 the Colchester High Street restaurant was terrible.
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45 Q. Did you ever look in the loft at the Colchester store?
46 A. I may have done. I may have gone up there on occasion.
47 I recall having gone up there to inventory paper stock
48 and to look at some equipment on a couple of occasions; and
49 of course I told Ray that I wanted him to get everything
50 out of the roof that was up there and get the stock booked
51 properly. But in terms of clock cards, I do not remember
52 having looked at any clock cards in the roof.
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54 Q. So, you do not know whether or not there were clock cards
55 kept up there?
56 A. No. I do not recall.
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58 Q. Or above the freezer room?
59 A. No, I do not recall.
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