Day 207 - 23 Jan 96 - Page 49
1 days in a row. In fact, if you look at the very first day
2 it appears he worked -----
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What sort of day was a Monday in Bath?
5 A. A Monday?
6
7 Q. Yes.
8 A. Well, it would depend on, basically, the time of year.
9 I mean, if it was in January, it would be not the quietest
10 day but the second quietest day. Traditionally, Monday is
11 the second quietest day in a weekday period.
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13 Q. The reason I ask is if you look at 582, I appreciate it is
14 2nd August which may well be a peak period but, apparently,
15 Miss Mason there worked for, if I have read it correctly --
16 I may not have done -- eight and a half hours without a
17 break, had quarter of an hour's break and then worked on
18 for another two hours, if the clocking in and clocking out
19 was done accurately. Have I read that correctly? Do you
20 see that half way down?
21 A. There is, yes, so far as I can see, there is an
22 adjustment. The asterisk on it indicates that an
23 adjustment has been made.
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25 Q. Where is the asterisk on -----
26 A. Within Samantha Mason's name, after we picked the
27 Friday, 11.36, directly after the "FR" there is an asterisk
28 on the same -----
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30 Q. Where, sorry? On the same page?
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Page 582.
33 A. Oh, sorry. I am looking at 594.
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35 Q. Yes.
36 A. I can see, yes. There is no -- it would have been
37 recorded as she clocked in and out herself.
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39 Q. That is how she has clocked herself in and out?
40 A. Yes.
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42 MR. MORRIS: I am just collecting my thoughts. Anyway, yes,
43 David Watts worked, between those pages, eight days in a
44 row. Actually, on page 530, there was something I was
45 going to ask you about, David Watt on page 530 had 18 hours
46 51 minutes excess hours. Do you know what that means?
47 A. I know it is a cut off point, I believe, above which
48 the hours he has worked. I cannot remember the exact cut
49 off figure.
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51 Q. So, what do you mean? Can you explain?
52 A. Well, say, there was an hour set by the computer, 35
53 hours; if he exceeds that within the payroll period which
54 would have been -----
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56 Q. This is May 94 when he was 17 years old.
57 A. In the period then it would, you know, those are the
58 hours over and above that limit.
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60 Q. Sorry, the computer sets a limit which, presumably, is
