Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 67
1 is the reason. In fact, I feel certain that is not the
2 reason why they discourage overtime.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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6 MS. STEEL: When you ran into this increasing amount of overtime
7 that was occurring, and you wanted to deal with this
8 problem as you saw it and you did that by setting up this
9 computer report, it did not cross your mind to call a
10 meeting and discuss with other people in the Personnel
11 Department, "Why not let us get rid of this rule about not
12 wanting employees to work overtime"?
13 A. No. I sat down with the department actually. When
14 I say "I put that in", I was the head of department and it
15 was in a meeting of my department that we came up with this
16 idea.
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18 Q. Who else was at that meeting?
19 A. I cannot remember now. It would be a personnel
20 meeting, so I take it that everyone who was in the
21 Personnel Department at that time would be there.
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23 Q. Nobody there mentioned the reason why you had this rule?
24 A. No. Everyone has accepted that McDonald's policy is
25 they do not work overtime.
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27 Q. Well, whether or not you accept it, you might be interested
28 to find out why the company has that policy?
29 A. No.
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31 Q. You are not?
32 A. No.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He said he did not. If you are interested in
35 the point I suggest you ask Mr. Preston when he comes back.
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37 MS. STEEL: I just wanted to ask a couple of things. When you
38 were giving evidence on Thursday you were asked about the
39 Mac Books Educational Programme?
40 A. Yes.
41
42 Q. Mr. Rampton asked you: "What does the company provide for
43 those people?" You answered: "For anyone taking a
44 recognised business course they are awarded £50 towards the
45 costs of their books. Then there is an award of £250 given
46 to each restaurant." It is not available to anyone, is
47 it? The staff crew members have to stay on the crew for
48 six months before they become eligible for that scheme?
49 A. I cannot remember now what the qualification time was.
50
51 Q. But there is definitely -----
52 A. There is a policy on it.
53
54 Q. There is definitely a length of time they have to be on the
55 crew ----
56 A. I cannot remember now.
57
58 Q. Well, according to the Crew Handbook it does not specify a
59 length of time, but it is on page 143 tab 3 pink 11.
60 A. What page number?
