Day 142 - 26 Jun 95 - Page 25
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2 THE WITNESS: Yes, I have it.
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4 MR. MORRIS: The minimum wage between 91 and 93 was $4.25, is
5 that correct, federal minimum wage?
6 A. In 1993?
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8 Q. Yes, between 91 and 93?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. Between 91 and 93 you were paying, you say, for your hourly
12 paid staff something between, in those figures, $4.96 and
13 $5.14?
14 A. That is approximately the average wage in Company
15 stores, McOpco's.
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17 Q. In Company stores for hourly paid staff?
18 A. Correct.
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20 Q. So, it is something like 80 cents above the minimum wage of
21 $4.25, that is the average wages, so the starting rate is
22 going to be considerably below the average rate, is it not?
23 A. No, because it will vary. There can be starting rates
24 that are right here. There can be starting rate that are
25 below this. They will vary.
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27 Q. But the average starting rate across McDonald's McOpco
28 stores is going to be below the average hourly rate, is it
29 not?
30 A. I cannot give you an average starting rate. I do not
31 have that information.
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33 Q. Yes, but if we are going to compare -----
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What we know is that it cannot be below $4.25
36 because that is -----
37 A. That is minimum.
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39 Q. Yes.
40 A. That is correct, my Lord.
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42 MR. MORRIS: It cannot be above; the figures you have there is
43 average hourly rate?
44 A. Yes, it can be.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, it can be above.
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48 MR. MORRIS: No, but the average starting rate throughout the
49 Company's stores must be below the average hourly rate of
50 its staff unless some people are getting less money the
51 longer they stay at McDonald's. They must start on a lower
52 rate.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: All that is being put to you, that if figures
55 in the columns are average hourly rates, the average
56 starting rate must be lower than that because people obtain
57 rises ---
58 A. I would agree with that.
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60 Q. -- whatever you call them in the States from time to time?
