Day 117 - 27 Apr 95 - Page 20


     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can you just pause a moment?  I think you
     3        have been doing it, but I suggest, Mr. Morris, if you write
     4        the page numbers in your note in the order they come, you
     5        will have sometime before you ask questions about this, and
     6        at least you will be able to go through them again if you
     7        want to.  But if you get nothing else down, get the page
     8        numbers down.
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    10   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Nicholson, keep your finger in 676, please,
    11        where we find those McDonald's tables for 1989?
    12        A.  Yes.
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    14   Q.   Then, please, turn to tab 31 ---
    15        A.  Yes.
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    17   Q.   -- which is the Wage Council's recommendation.  Is this a
    18        requirement or a recommendation?
    19        A.  This is a requirement.
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    21   Q.   A statutory requirement?
    22        A.  Yes.
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    24   Q.   For the same year?
    25        A.  Yes.
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    27   Q.   The year seems to start in the middle of the year, in June?
    28        A.  It always does.
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    30   Q.   It always does.  We see that the basic rate for all time
    31        worked, again 21 years and over, up to and including 39 is
    32        £2.38.  If we look back at 676, we see that is the rate for
    33        the 18 pluses in the provinces at McDonald's?
    34        A.  Yes.
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    36   Q.   I draw your attention to this at the bottom of page 679:
    37        "Workers under 21 years old:  The Council does not fix
    38        minimum rates for workers aged under 21 years".  That is a
    39        change from 1986, is it?
    40        A.  Yes, it is.
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    42   Q.   Was that when the change happened or was it later?
    43        A.  In 1989?
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    45   Q.   Or did it happen in 1987?
    46        A.  I think the change happened in 1987.
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    48   Q.   Do you know what the reason was why they suddenly decided,
    49        or were allowed to decide, not to fix rates for under 21s?
    50        A.  Oh, it was a government decision. 
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    52   Q.   I see.  Then, please, turn on to page 681 in tab 32? 
    53        A.  Yes.
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    55   Q.   This is another memo, apparently, from you to various
    56        people and groups of people?
    57        A.  Yes.
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    59   Q.   Dated 1st June 1990?
    60        A.  Yes.

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