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     1        the document as read.
     2
     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is nothing there which clashes with
     4        your recollection?
     5        A.  No.  But in terms of doing the job of a supervisor,
     6        I got promoted probably the next month, so I would not have
     7        necessarily -----
     8
     9   MISS STEEL:  Prior to that date, when the Company-wide pay
    10        increases came round, the employees would go back to the
    11        basic rate without any added bonus that they were getting
    12        for good performances?
    13        A.  No, no, absolutely not.  They would not go back to the
    14        basic rates; their wages would increase.  But if they had
    15        the 15 pence differential prior to that pay rise, that may
    16        well have only been -- it would have brought everybody on a
    17        level playing field.  It not have gone down at all, but
    18        they certainly would have got a pay rise, absolutely right;
    19        their wages would have gone up.
    20
    21   MISS STEEL:  But they would have lost their wages differential?
    22        A.  Yes.
    23
    24   Q.   So, at the time of the annual pay review in June, all the
    25        crew would be back at the starting rate?
    26        A.  No, no.  Sorry.  I know it sounds sort of complex but,
    27        basically, those people who were below the rate, say, for
    28        example, let us just assume £2.10 -----
    29
    30   Q.   OK.  Unless their previous differential was higher than the
    31        new basic rate?
    32        A.  Yes.
    33
    34   Q.   Right.  But if they had a 20 pence differential or a
    35        30 pence differential and the basic rate went up 50 pence,
    36        they would all be back to the starting rate, all of those
    37        ones?
    38        A.  In that example, certainly.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  They either lost the whole or part of their
    41        differential, but from June 1987 onwards they did not?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   They kept their differential on top of the basic increase?
    45        A.  Yes, sir.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  We have had figures accepted by, I think, it
    48        was -----
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can we put that away? 
    51 
    52   MR. MORRIS:  That particular document, yes. 
    53
    54   MISS STEEL:  Maybe leave it on one side.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Put it on the side table, Mr. Stanton.
    57
    58   MR. MORRIS:  We have had documents and evidence, I think it was
    59        from Jill Barnes -- and Mr. Atkins can remind me --
    60        documents over length of service of McDonald's employees

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