Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 43
1 Q. For a continuous period?
2 A. Yes.
3
4 Q. It might be three weeks; it might be six months, whatever
5 it is.
6 A. That is correct.
7
8 Q. Then when you leave that number is used to record the fact
9 of your leaving?
10 A. That is correct.
11
12 Q. Is that correct?
13 A. That is correct.
14
15 Q. When you come back, again if I have understood your
16 evidence correctly ----
17 A. You would get a new number.
18
19 Q. A different number?
20 A. That is correct.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it related in any way to the old number so
23 that you can tell for any kind of investigative purpose
24 that it is someone who has worked there in the past?
25 A. No. The problem, my Lord, is -- well, that might be
26 nice to be able to do. The reality of life is that our
27 computerised payroll system that records all of this is at
28 least 20 years old with a thousand different programs to
29 make it work. It is primarily set up to ensure that people
30 are paid properly. This additional information would add
31 additional complications to the system. We are in the
32 process of evaluating, creating a new system because at
33 some point ----
34
35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I just wanted to know whether you can press a
36 button and find that out in relation to employees.
37 A. No, my Lord, you cannot.
38
39 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Stein, we may be able to illustrate that last
40 answer of yours if I ask you to look at a British
41 document. In that yellow file 10 you will find Lyn Mead's
42 statement at tab 7, and behind her statement you will find
43 some documents lettered from A to H. I would like you to
44 find, if you can, the document letter E which is a series
45 of six computer printout sheets. They are sideways
46 documents I call them.
47 A. OK, yes, I think I have them.
48
49 Q. Could you please turn to the last page of that bundle of
50 documents, the sixth.
51 A. OK, I think I have the document.
52
53 Q. Which is headed I hope "Crew Turnover Report" for a
54 particular quarter"?
55 A. Yes.
56
57 Q. Do you keep that kind of information in America?
58
59 MR. MORRIS: I am not sure we have the same document. Which
60 page is this?
