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     1        crew?
     2        A.  Yes, they indicate that when they are hired whether
     3        they want to be full-time or part-time.  Full-time is
     4        normally 39 hours a week.
     5
     6   Q.   Or more you said the other day?
     7        A.  Well, they would, if they are going to work overtime
     8        there would be more but, as I say, we discourage them
     9        working overtime.  So, their hourly -- their fortnightly
    10        hours are 78.
    11
    12   Q.   But some of the part-time workers work that amount of hours
    13        on occasions, do they not?
    14        A.  If they want to, yes.  We try to be as flexible as
    15        possible.  The object of the manager is to try to
    16        accommodate the requirements of the crew person.  So, if
    17        they say:  "I want to work 16 hours a week, eight on a
    18        Saturday and two on various evenings of the week", he will
    19        try to accommodate that into his schedule.  He may not
    20        always be able to, but we try where we can to accommodate
    21        the wishes of the crew person.
    22
    23   Q.   If all the crew in a particular store wanted to be
    24        full-time, would that be allowed?
    25        A.  No, we could not work -- it would be -- what I am
    26        saying, it would not be allowed.  I have never known of
    27        that ever occurring.  I would have thought (and I am not an
    28        expert at crew scheduling; I know very little about it),
    29        but I would have thought it was very, very difficult to run
    30        a restaurant that is open from 7.00 in the morning till,
    31        say, midnight with all the crew working regular eight hour
    32        shifts.  I think it would be fairly difficult to meet the
    33        ebb and flow of customer demand.
    34
    35   Q.   So you have got 80 per cent of workers that are part-time?
    36        A.  Yes.
    37
    38   Q.   That is what the Company aims for, is it?
    39        A.  Well, yes.  The rest are salaried -- oh, you mean, you
    40        said that the workforce -----
    41
    42   Q.   Of the hourly paid workers?
    43        A.  I am not sure what the figures are now.  It is
    44        somewhere around there.
    45
    46   Q.   You said 80/20 in 1990?
    47        A.  Yes, somewhere around there, yes, as opposed -- between
    48        part-time and full-time, I believe the figure is roughly
    49        around about 80/20 per cent.
    50 
    51   Q.   That is what the Company aim to do? 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is it what the Company aims to do?
    54        A.  No, I do not think so.  I think it probably suits most
    55        restaurants but there could be restaurants with particular
    56        problems that need more full-time.
    57
    58   Q.   But that sort of preponderance of part-time workers is what
    59        suits McDonald's way of running things, is it?
    60        A.  Yes, it keeps us very flexible, my Lord, because the

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