Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 05

     
     1        that is right.
     2
     3   Q.   Or up to three weeks?
     4        A.  Well, we would take a decision based on when they were
     5        going to come back.  Whether that was a month, whether that
     6        was six weeks, whether that was three weeks, would depend
     7        upon whether we definitely knew they were coming back.
     8
     9   Q.   Presumably, most of them say to you whether or not they are
    10        going to come back?
    11        A.  Yes, but there are lots of them who say, for instance:
    12         "I cannot work, I am going away for the Christmas break,
    13        I cannot work until Easter because I have to revise for
    14        exams", so they will not come back and work for us until
    15        Easter, whereas they could come back and work for us three
    16        weeks after they have gone away, but they want that term to
    17        revise.
    18
    19   Q.   You said in your statement that steps are always taken to
    20        ensure that an efficient recruitment programme is in place?
         A.  That is correct.
    22
    23   Q.   I was not quite sure what you meant by that -- perhaps you
    24        could explain?
    25        A.  If, for instance, we know we are coming up to the
    26        summer break then we will get in contact with the people
    27        who normally come back and work for us during the summer
    28        and find out if they have finished their courses, if they
    29        are available to work over the summer, if they are going
    30        around Europe, and we will have a plan of exactly how many
    31        people we need to staff the restaurant, and we will staff
    32        up accordingly.  If we need to hire locally, then we will
    33        hire.
    34
    35   Q.   So when you say that steps are always taken, you are not
    36        saying that there is a recruitment programme in process the
    37        whole year round?
    38        A.  No, it is just like a continual assessment.  We will
    39        plan six or eight months ahead, certainly at least two
    40        quarters ahead, and we will have an idea what our sales
         will be and, therefore, what our employee numbers will need
    42        to be.
    43
    44   Q.   Were you actually on duty on the night of 9th November
    45        1994?
    46        A.  I was not.  Mike Logan was scheduled to run the night
    47        shift.
    48
    49   Q.   Who would have set the schedule for that night?
    50        A.  Whoever the scheduling Manager was at the time -- 
    51        presumably, it would have been Ian Hendon. 
    52 
    53   Q.   So you do not know who set the schedule?
    54        A.  It would have been the scheduling Manager at the time.
    55        I cannot remember who was doing the schedule 10 months ago.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How can you remember 9th November anyway?
    58        A.  The 9th November -- because I had a day off and I had
    59        to come in and run the night shift because Mike Logan
    60        resigned.