Day 179 - 30 Oct 95 - Page 25
1 there was not anyone to serve, and they thought this was
2 amusing. It is because for three years I had been working
3 at full speed without relaxing at all. Just very poor pay
4 which you do not realise at the time; you are so sucked
5 into the McDonald's thing that you do not even consider
6 getting another job. It becomes your life really, takes
7 over your life.
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9 MR. MORRIS: Ms. Steel has some questions.
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11 MS. STEEL: Just a couple of questions: When you talk about
12 people working 60 to 70 hours in a week, was that only
13 people over 18 or was it under 18s as well?
14 A. I did that when I was under 18, so some people under 18
15 did, yes.
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17 Q. Were you made aware, or were you aware, or did the Company
18 say anything about the fact that was illegal?
19 A. No.
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21 Q. They did not, right. You also mentioned in paragraph (8)
22 of your statement about doing a shift of 18 hours and then
23 being expected to be back at work five hours later. The
24 particular example you gave just a moment ago was when you
25 were about 18. Did this business about being expected back
26 at work five hours later happen on more than one occasion?
27 A. Lots of times to the crew, yes, to lots of people.
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29 Q. Would that also be to under 18s or only to over 18s, or can
30 you not remember?
31 A. Sometimes under 18s, full-timers, but mostly over 18s.
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33 Q. Right. When it occurred to people who were under 18 did
34 the management ever say anything to crew or to anybody else
35 about the fact that that was also illegal, that there has
36 to be a break of 11 hours before the next duty can
37 commence?
38 A. No, not as such.
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40 Q. OK. When the under 18s worked past the close to long past
41 midnight or to midnight, were they informed that they then
42 could not work for 11 hours?
43 A. No.
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45 Q. They were not, right. They sometimes worked the morning
46 shift following that?
47 A. Yes, they would not be scheduled to but they would have
48 to if it was a late close, or someone was coming in the
49 next day, they might get phoned up and asked to come in
50 early, this kind of thing.
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52 Q. OK.
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54 MR. MORRIS: We want to check in case we have any further
55 questions.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, just pause. (To the witness): When you
58 say the morning shift, do you mean starting again at 7.00?
59 A. Finishing at, say, 6 o'clock after an all night close
60 and starting again at 11.00.
