Day 259 - 10 Jun 96 - Page 56
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2 Q. And you did not discuss overtime specifically?
3 A. No.
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5 MS. STEEL: You said that you were payroll manager but that,
6 basically, tax was your responsibility. Who was the person
7 who was in charge of overtime calculations?
8 A. The Store Manager would have been, at store level.
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10 Q. What about at Head Office level?
11 A. There was not anybody designated for that specific
12 role, because we did not have a problem with it. The crew
13 members were paid, and paid to the best of our ability
14 within the wages department. If an error was made, then we
15 would put it right. There was not any necessity to have an
16 overtime person, as such.
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18 Q. OK, there may not have been someone that was their sole
19 responsibility, but was there anybody with the
20 responsibility for checking overtime payments and
21 calculations, and so on?
22 A. No, there was not anybody given that specific role, no.
23 It was not necessary.
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25 Q. Because you assumed that it was all OK?
26 A. We did not assume. We knew unless somebody, a crew
27 member, came forward and said, "There is a discrepancy on
28 my payslip", where we would look into it, either myself or
29 one of my members of staff, and we would have put it right.
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31 Q. How did you know that, unless somebody came forward, there
32 was no mistake?
33 A. You would not, would you? As I said earlier, the only
34 time that anybody knows if they miscalculated somebody's
35 pay is if the person in question comes to you and says,
36 "There is a discrepancy here", and then you would look at
37 it. Otherwise, you would assume that you have calculated
38 correctly.
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40 MS. STEEL: OK, that is fine. Thank you.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Just to clarify, you said you only saw Mr. Mills in
43 that six year period. That was the person you saw,
44 Mr. Mills, you did not see any other inspectors?
45 A. No, never.
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47 Q. It was always Mr. Mills?
48 A. Always.
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50 Q. Before that time, had you met a lot of wages inspectors, or
51 this was a new responsibility?
52 A. It was not a new responsibility, but the companies that
53 I had worked at previously I do not remember having Wages
54 Inspectorate visits, no.
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56 Q. Right. So, since, you have not been dealing with this kind
57 of matter?
58 A. No.
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60 Q. So the only wages inspectors' visits that you have been
