Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 10

     
     1        middle of an eight hour shift, it makes no difference
     2        whether they get 45 minutes or 35.  I can assess that for
     3        myself.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  If we come to that, I would say let them have an
     6        hour or hour and a quarter.
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You can argue it in due course.
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    10   MR. MORRIS:  I certainly used to get longer for my breaks if
    11        I possibly could.
    12
    13        You said in point 7, you said that the allegation about
    14        under-18s working past 10.00 p.m. or midnight, that it
    15        never happened to your knowledge.
    16
    17        "I cannot be certain that it did not happen when other
    18        managers were running the closing shift."
    19
    20        Do you agree with that?  Do you agree with what you wrote
         in your statement?
    22        A.  I agree with that, yes.
    23
    24   Q.   In point 8, about the taxi fares, which company did you
    25        have an arrangement with for taxis?
    26        A.  What was the company name?
    27
    28   Q.   Yes.
    29        A.  I cannot remember.  It may have been Five Star, but
    30        I cannot -- it may not have been, as well.
    31
    32   Q.   It was paid out of petty cash, you say.  You also said,
    33        I think -- or Mr. Stanton said -- that it would be noted
    34        down on some sheet that it was a cost?
    35        A.  Certainly, yes.
    36
    37   Q.   What sheet was that on, do you know?
    38        A.  On the petty cash claim form, and then it would also be
    39        noted in the Sales and Ops log as a charge against the
    40        travel account, as "taxis".
    41
    42   Q.   Travel account?
    43        A.  Yes.
    44
    45   Q.   That was what, every week, you had it totted up and you
    46        paid it to this company, or whatever company it was?
    47        A.  What would happen is, the invoice came in, we would pay
    48        them out of the -----
    49
    50   Q.   Weekly? 
    51        A.  On a weekly basis, yes.  We would pay them out of the 
    52        petty cash.  The invoice would then go, when we put the 
    53        petty cash claim form in, that would then go to Head Office
    54        and we would record it in the Sales and Ops log, and they
    55        would generate the petty cash through on to our accounts
    56        for the restaurant.
    57
    58   Q.   Sorry, I did not quite understand that.  How did Head
    59        Office get involved in this?
    60        A.  Well, petty cash -- paid petty cash out of the petty