Day 202 - 11 Jan 96 - Page 41


     
     1        A.  It would have been kept on file in Head Office, but
     2        I do not know how long those records would go back for.
     3
     4   Q.   Right.  What sort of things do they cover, then?  Are you
     5        talking about turnover?
     6        A.  Human Resource audits covered such things as checking
     7        to see whether we had any ghost employees on the payroll.
     8        So you would make sure that everyone there had been
     9        working, checking on the legalities of scheduling and
    10        payroll; I believe checking of performance reviews was
    11        done; it was involved in those.  There is quite a
    12        comprehensive report, that -- my memory is a little bit
    13        foggy on it.  It is a long time since I saw one.  But the
    14        purpose of it was just to make, just as a check and
    15        balance, in dealing with crew, that everything was as it
    16        should be; so anything within that area.
    17
    18   Q.   Would it include turnover and things like, reasons why crew
    19        had left in the preceding year, or -----
    20        A.  It would, I think, more make sure the paperwork had
    21        been completed rather than any assessment of why people
    22        were leaving, you know, in the restaurant.  But I could not
    23        categorically say that it was not the case.
    24
    25   Q.   But what -- sorry, I am not sure.  I do not think you have
    26        answered whether it included turnover or not?
    27        A.  Because I do not know.
    28
    29   Q.   You do not know?
    30        A.  Well, at Head Office they would have known what the
    31        turnover figure for the restaurant was.  It was not
    32        calculated when you went into a store.  It was just,
    33        I think, a simple mathematical calculation:  if you had
    34        this many crew at the week ending, the second week of 1995,
    35        you had this many crew in the previous year, you have --
    36        there has been so many people lost during that period, then
    37        you work the percentage out.  So that is how the crew
    38        turnover figure was maintained, rather than visiting a
    39        restaurant and checking anything through.
    40
    41   MR. MORRIS:  I have three more questions, and that may be it.
    42        Sally Spurgeon was on duty that night when the clock cards
    43        were altered, was she not?
    44        A. Um -----
    45
    46   Q.   That was part of the investigation, was it not?
    47        A.  I guess so.
    48
    49   Q.   You do not remember?
    50        A.  I do not remember the details of it for this.  What 
    51        I do know is that it was her code that was used, 
    52        I remember. 
    53
    54   Q.   Bearing in mind that Neil Skehel had a reputation for being
    55        a bit of a tyrant and that you were relying to a very great
    56        extent on information from Neil Skehel about what was
    57        happening in Ray Coton's store, do you not think it is
    58        irresponsible of you not to have had a meeting with Ray
    59        Coton during this period, just one to one, to find out what
    60        was really going on?

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