Day 122 - 05 May 95 - Page 16

     
     1   Q.   Are there any monthly payroll reports at McDonald's?
     2        A.  No, that was a mistake.  They are the only ones.  They
     3        are fortnightly reports.  I think I made that admission in
     4        my evidence-in-chief.
     5
     6   Q.   Whose mistake was that?
     7        A.  Mine.
     8
     9   Q.   So you did not know what you were checking?
    10        A.  Sorry?
    11
    12   Q.   You did not know what you were monitoring?
    13        A.  No.  You have to realise it has been nearly four years
    14        now since I was with Personnel.  At the time I made this
    15        statement I said it was a monthly report.  It was not until
    16        I checked it, that it brought it forcibly to mind that it
    17        was a fortnightly report.  The fault was mine.
    18
    19   Q.   It would have been two years from when you made the
    20        statement, though?
         A.  Yes.
    22
    23   Q.   So were you only monitoring it up until 1991?
    24        A.  Yes, I do not get it now, I have no purpose to get it.
    25
    26   Q.   There are no reports at all that show which staff worked in
    27        excess of 39 hours a week?
    28        A.  No, 78 hours a fortnight.
    29
    30   Q.   So what was in your statement was not true?
    31        A.  Well, to me that indicates 38 hours a week -- 39 hours
    32        a week.  I accept you will not accept that, but to me it
    33        does.
    34
    35   Q.   Who took over monitoring these reports when you stopped?
    36        A.  Well, the same people continued to monitor them.
    37
    38   Q.   The same people.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  People in the same positions, you mean?
         A.  Yes, Human Resource -- all Human Resources Officers get
    42        a copy and Operations Managers get a copy.  Operations
    43        Managers, I know, send a copy of the relevant store report
    44        to the supervisory staff.  That is the monitoring system.
    45
    46   MS. STEEL:   You say: "By these monthly reports Operations
    47        Supervisors and Personnel Officers are aware of those
    48        stores which may be working crew in excess of 39 hours, and
    49        will take the necessary steps to correct it if the
    50        occurrence is more than occasional".  Is that correct? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   So they will not automatically take the steps to correct
    54        the problem or discipline any managers ---
    55        A.  We have already been through -----
    56
    57   Q.  --  unless it was more than occasional -----
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You have been through this before.  In fact
    60        we have been through the matters which you asked your last