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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        rate for any store?  I mean, it actually goes up in this
     2        store between 3.35 and sometimes it is 3.41, you can see on
     3        different pages, but if I look at the very last rate, the
     4        last page 99 has 3.40?
     5        A.  Sorry, is that 99?
     6
     7   Q.   It is on page 99.
     8        A.  Yes.
     9
    10   Q.   It seems to float around that figure.  I mean, page 2 has
    11        got 3.35, page 5 has got 3.37?
    12        A.  Sorry, are you just looking at the regular or the ---
    13
    14   Q.   The regular, the basic regular hourly rate.
    15        A.  -- overall, are you looking at the overall average
    16        rates?
    17
    18   Q.   No, I am looking at the basic regular hours.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, the average hourly rate, taking no
    21        account of evening or premium ---
    22
    23   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- pay.
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Because, obviously, some people would not get
    28        unsocial hours.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is suggested that you have been pointed to
    31        two sheets where it was £3.40 an hour.  We know that
    32        starting was 3.15.  Mr. Morris says that, according to his
    33        researches, the figure various over the period we have
    34        documents from between 3.35 and 3.41.
    35
    36   MR. MORRIS:  Something like that anyway.  On page 42 it says
    37        3.38.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not worry.  That is your ground.  Ask your
    40        questions on that.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  Would that be about average for a
    43        store, in your experience, I mean, about that time?
    44        A.  It depends on the age of the store.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I know it does.
    47        A.  There are -----
    48
    49   Q.   All you are being asked, you see, you were responsible for
    50        half a dozen stores or a handful of stores and what 
    51        Mr. Morris is asking you is would that be pretty typical? 
    52        A.  It is round those figures, between 3.40 and 3.15. 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  So are you saying that this store was
    55        basically under the average?
    56        A.  In my experience with the stores I have got, yes.
    57
    58   Q.   Yes.  But something between 3.40 and 3.15 would be typical
    59        for the average hourly rate -- you have just said that?
    60        A.  Yes.
 
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