Day 168 - 03 Oct 95 - Page 17

     
     1        six or one in seven of our meetings because he did have
     2        eight restaurants at the time.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  When he did attend he had his own personal
     5        notebook?
     6        A.  Yes.
     7
     8   Q.   Right.  The Managers' meetings were quite regular, were
     9        they?
    10        A.  We held Managers meetings either weekly or fortnightly
    11        depending on when we need to hold them.
    12
    13   Q.   Right.  It may help if you have your statement available
    14        just in case I ask -----
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is yellow X again, please, Mr. Richards.
    17        Section F, divider 39C.
    18
    19   MR. MORRIS:  In your paragraph 6 on page 2 you say you do not
    20        recall instances of employees being allocated shorter or
         "unsocial" hours on the understanding that the hours would
    22        improve with their performance.  Since 1993 you have never
    23        done scheduling; is that correct?
    24        A.  I have maybe done the schedule for an odd week.  I
    25        would estimate that since at least 1993, 1992, I have
    26        probably done the schedule for five, six weeks, total, and
    27        the only time I have done it is when the scheduling Manager
    28        has been away on holiday or on a course.
    29
    30   Q.   So the people that did it would be delegated by you or
    31        under you there would be other people?
    32        A.  No, there are three First Assistants in the
    33        restaurant.  One of the First Assistants generally does the
    34        schedule.  When he went on holiday, it would be the job of
    35        the other First Assistant rather than myself to do it
    36        because I had already done it two, three years ago.  If
    37        both were unavailable, then I would do it if there was not
    38        a sufficiently experienced other Manager there.
    39
    40   Q.   Just the names of the other First Assistants, say,
         concentrating on the last couple of years?
    42        A.  Ian Hendon, H-E-N-D-O-N, and Geoff Rowling.
    43
    44   Q.   Geoff?
    45        A.  R-O-W-L-I-N-G.
    46
    47   Q.   Rowling.  So you only have direct knowledge about
    48        scheduling for the five weeks which you did, whenever that
    49        was?
    50        A.  No, because one of my jobs would be to second check the 
    51        schedule. 
    52 
    53   Q.   So you were responsible for the scheduling?
    54        A.  No, I would be responsible as to check the schedule,
    55        match the number of allotted hours, match the matrix
    56        hours.  It is standard practice to get someone else to
    57        check it to ensure that you do not make a mistake.
    58
    59   Q.   So you checked it overall just to see that the -----
    60        A.  It would be either myself or Phil Cummings each week