Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 39
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2 Q. You would not be allowed to start people at less than four
3 and a quarter?
4 A. We could.
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6 Q. Wait a minute, sorry. By what means could you do that?
7 A. By this subminimum rate.
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9 Q. So it means at a rate less than the ---
10 A. The four and a quarter.
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12 Q. -- federal -- yes, less than four and a quarter?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. What are the circumstances which would enable you to use
16 that beneficial opportunity?
17 A. I am not an expert on it because we do not use it.
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19 Q. Is it age related?
20 A. Yes, I believe there is -- I believe it is students and
21 I believe it is 18 years of age.
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23 Q. Right. You have answered my final question: Does
24 McDonald's make any use of this opportunity to pay younger
25 people less than others?
26 A. Not at all. We have never used it in my 21 years of
27 employment.
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29 Q. These performance related raises, as you call them in
30 America, in this example, anything from 10 cents up to 25
31 cents an hour, how difficult are they to obtain?
32 A. The ones at the higher rates, by the way, currently it
33 is up to 30 per cent, I believe.
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35 Q. Sorry?
36 A. Currently, you can qualify for up to 30. This handbook
37 was -- I think it is couple of years old or more.
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39 Q. Yes, it is three years old.
40 A. To obtain -- approximately, I would say, from
41 everything I have seen, approximately 10 per cent of the
42 crew would qualify for that highest one. The bulk of
43 employees would qualify for the middle range.
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45 Q. Do you know what the middle one is at the moment; it was 15
46 cents in 1992?
47 A. Yes, I believe it is 20.
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49 Q. The lowest rate?
50 A. Is 10.
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52 Q. It is still 10, is it?
53 A. Yes.
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55 Q. Sorry, I interrupted you; what proportion would have
56 achieved the middle one?
57 A. I would say the bulk of the people, and a smaller
58 percentage probably -- it is hard to deal in
59 generalities ---
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