Day 145 - 29 Jun 95 - Page 11
1 concerning it, periodic announcements, concerning it.
2 There are posters in stores. There are quarterly
3 statements for those who are participating in it of their
4 account balances. That is what I can tell you.
5
6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What are you looking for, Ms. Steel?
7
8 MS. STEEL: There was something I wanted to ask about and
9 I cannot find.
10
11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let Mr. Morris carry on and come back to it
12 because we really cannot just sit in silence while you try
13 to find something which you need for your
14 cross-examination.
15
16 MS. STEEL: It is within this document.
17
18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you continue, Mr. Morris, and then
19 Ms. Steel can come back to it when she finds what she
20 wants?
21
22 MS. STEEL: Just on page 369, it says about eligibility.
23
24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Tab 8 again, are we?
25
26 MS. STEEL: Yes, sorry, I thought we were still in tab 8. It
27 says about eligibility for profit sharing. It says: "If
28 you are a full-time staff or salaried store management
29 employee" -- it does imply, does it not, that it is not for
30 part-time staff?
31 A. No, it does not. The book that you are reading from is
32 the manual specifically to full-time staff and to
33 management. This does not refer to part-timers at all.
34 This is the book that we are directing specifically to the
35 people who we have suggested, the full-time staff and
36 managers. We are talking about two different documents.
37 We have had a Crew Handbook and then this is a different
38 book.
39
40 Q. I will just move on to something else which is within this
41 same document, so do not close it yet: We have seen the
42 standards for performance reviews in the UK documents.
43 A. OK.
44
45 Q. "Good" is meets all job requirements and expectations.
46 Does that tally with the standards in the USA?
47 A. Yes, in general.
48
49 Q. What happens if crew do not meet the standard?
50 A. They would be alerted and told that they need
51 improvement, and they would be given a specific performance
52 review that would outline what they need to improve upon
53 and what the plan should be to improve their performance.
54
55 Q. If they do not come up to scratch then eventually they
56 might be terminated?
57 A. Well, there would be a reasonable period of time and we
58 would hope to see improvement, a reasonable period of time
59 over which to accomplish the goals, and if there was not
60 improvement, yes, they would be terminated, sure.
