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                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        as much as possible.  (To the witness)  It is been assumed
     2        -- and I am certainly assuming it -- that these particular
     3        employees have been identified this particular week because
     4        they are due a pay review; yes?
     5        A.  Yes.
     6
     7   Q.   Therefore, it is a way of reminding the Managers when the
     8        pay review is due?
     9        A.  That is one way of reminding them, yes.
    10
    11   Q.   That is correct, is it?
    12        A.  If it is -----
    13
    14   Q.   I am asking you, as a Supervisor?
    15        A. I have seen this report, but I do not use this report.
    16        I do not deal with when the crew should get pay rises.
    17        That is down to the store management level.  I would deal
    18        with the salaried management.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It seems to me that this witness cannot help,
    21        but I am sure sooner or later someone will.
    22
    23   MR. MORRIS:  When you monitor the situation of a store that has
    24        problems, basically, you do not really deal with whether
    25        crew are getting adequate wages and that kind of stuff?
    26        A.  I do that when I get the reports on the training or the
    27        HR audits; that would tell me if people are getting pay
    28        rises or having their PRs on time.  These audits are copied
    29        to me.
    30
    31   Q.   When an official audit is done?
    32        A.  Well, the HR audits normally were complete.
    33
    34   Q.   What is HR?
    35        A.  Human Resources audit.
    36
    37   Q.   Human Resources audit.  So it is not something that
    38        concerns you unless you have information from somebody
    39        else, that you should actually look through available
    40        documents in a store to check if people are getting the
    41        wages that they are due; that is something that someone
    42        else deals with?
    43        A.  The reports are done and they are copied to me, and
    44        I do follow up on it.  We normally get these reports on a
    45        monthly basis.
    46
    47   Q.   You get them on a monthly basis?
    48        A.  The HR audit.
    49
    50   Q.   What action did you take -- I mean, it looks from these 
    51        documents, if we look at 52 --- 
    52        A.  Yes. 
    53
    54   Q.  -- out of, for example -- I just picked this at random --
    55        something like 15 or 16 people, only five got a pay review,
    56        of which two got a nought pence rise ---
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well ------
    59
    60   MR. MORRIS: -- two got a 10 pence rise, and one got a 35 pence
 
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