Day 150 - 07 Jul 95 - Page 53
1 people working continuously without any breaks at all?
2 A. No.
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4 Q. Are you aware of breaks being shortened or moved around? I
5 mean, does that happen from time to time?
6 A. I think that if we got -- no, because in terms of the
7 scheduling of the business, that would allow for people to
8 take breaks as well.
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10 Q. What I am saying to you, is that a hard and fast rule or
11 does it depend on the amount of business during the day?
12 A. Sorry, I did not quite understand what you mean.
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14 Q. Whether a person can take a break at a particular time?
15 A. We generally make sure that breaks are at times that in
16 terms of how long the person has been working in the store
17 and predominantly outside of the main busy period, but that
18 is all part and parcel of planning the scheduling
19 efficiently to make sure that those can be taken into
20 consideration as well.
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22 MR. ATKINSON: I have no further questions, my Lord.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you ready to start now?
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26 MS. STEEL: It might be helpful if we had five minutes just to
27 chat about who is going to do what.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not want you to take longer than
30 necessary, but five minutes is sufficient, is it?
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32 MS. STEEL: I think so.
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34 (Short Adjournment)
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest we do is see if we can get
37 through the rest of afternoon without a break but finish
38 promptly at about 4 o'clock, so if you pick out a time to
39 break off about then.
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41 MS. STEEL: Right, OK.
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43 Cross-examined by the Defendants
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45 MS. STEEL: When you became an Area Supervisor responsible for
46 the Clacton and Colchester restaurants, where were you
47 based, where were you working from?
48 A. My office, I think, in those days was at Edgebaston in
49 Birmingham.
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51 Q. So your paper work and things like that would be up
52 in -----
53 A. Oh, no, the paper work side of it I kept with me, so
54 basically I had a cardboard box in the back of the boot of
55 my car which contained the paper work I kept at home,
56 because I was probably about three hours away from the
57 office, although sort of officially I was based in
58 Birmingham for the purposes of the payroll, I suppose. It
59 was a field position, so I would treat it as such.
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