Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 11

     
     1        wages that we have paid him exceeded that figure, he was
     2        satisfied; we had complied with the requirements of the
     3        Wages Council order.
     4
     5        On every occasion we did, because their wages were enhanced
     6        after 21 days, could be further enhanced fourth months
     7        later, further enhanced again four months later, so
     8        inevitably we paid over.
     9
    10   MS. STEEL:  They are not automatically enhanced, are they?
    11        A.  Sorry?
    12
    13   Q.   The wages are not automatically enhanced after 21 days, are
    14        they?
    15        A.  No.
    16
    17   Q.   People have to get over 80 per cent, I think it is?
    18        A.  Yes, that is most people.
    19
    20   Q.   Of course, a lot of people do not stay for very much longer
         than three weeks?
    22        A.  Oh, yes, they stop a lot longer than three weeks.
    23
    24   Q.   There are a lot of crew that do not stay for more than five
    25        or six weeks?
    26        A.  No, there are very few who stop for less than that,
    27        very few; the vast majority of staff stay longer.
    28
    29   Q.   What percentage, do you say?
    30        A.  I have no idea.
    31
    32   Q.   So you do not really know?
    33        A.  I do not know the figures, but I am satisfied that the
    34        majority stay much longer than that.
    35
    36   Q.   The figures that are on page 646 ---
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   -- for all those columns you were paying one or two pence
    40        more than what they were -----
         A.  For the first 21 days, for the people working in their
    42        first 21 days in the provinces -- oh, I see this is a
    43        London rate.
    44
    45   Q.   This is the London rate?
    46        A.  Yes, there would be a different rate for outside of
    47        London.
    48
    49   Q.   Yes.  I think for Outer London you were paying £2.06
    50        between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., £2.32 between 7 p.m. and 
    51        11.00 p.m. and £2.58 between 11.00 and 7 p.m.? 
    52        A.  I have not got the figures in front of me but ...... 
    53
    54   Q.   They are on page 732, I think,, if you want to compare
    55        them.  The figures on the following page are for outside
    56        London.
    57        A.  That is provincial pay, yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Again if you compare them with the figures on page 672,
    60        provincial, the Wages Council says 1.988, yours are 1.99,