Day 259 - 10 Jun 96 - Page 44
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2 Q. You do not remember? Did you ever, after 1986 (when
3 I contend the Wages Act and overtime applied) in the short
4 time that you were there, until May 1987, before you left,
5 did you check whether people in the Company, McDonald's
6 employees, were working over 39 hours and, therefore,
7 entitled to overtime pay?
8 A. That was not part of my job to check that sort of
9 information.
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11 Q. Were you aware there was a company policy that nobody
12 should work over 39 hours?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. You were aware of that policy?
16 A. Yes, at the time.
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18 Q. There was a policy that there was no overtime specifically,
19 as well?
20 A. I do not remember that, no.
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22 Q. But there was a policy that nobody should work over
23 39 hours; and is that what you assume, based on what was
24 happening at store level around the country, that it was
25 policy of the Company?
26 A. It was not my job to even look at that sort of thing.
27 My job was to pay the hours that were sent through and to
28 adhere to the tax regulations at the time. I was more on
29 the PAYE side, the tax side. It was a very big company,
30 and different people had different fortes and different
31 jobs, and that was not mine.
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33 Q. If you are in charge of payroll and, presumably, you wished
34 to comply with the law -- is that correct?
35 A. Is that a question, I am sorry?
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37 Q. Were you concerned that your company that you were working
38 for was complying with the law?
39 A. Of course.
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41 Q. You were?
42 A. Of course.
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44 Q. When, from whatever dates the overtime laws applied,
45 McDonald's did not pay overtime, did you take any steps or
46 make any inquiries to see whether the law was being
47 complied with?
48 A. No, certainly not. That was not my job. It was not my
49 job. My job was to make sure that the calculation for tax
50 and National Insurance was adhered to.
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52 Q. And hours worked?
53 A. That was not my job, to check the hours worked or what
54 -- what was happening at the store was for the Store
55 Manager to send the hours through to me, and my job was to
56 calculate the paying tax and to make sure that it hit the
57 bank account on the right time.
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59 Q. Sorry?
60 A. That was my job.
