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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
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     2   Q.   OK.  Would that be something you would have expected Dave
     3        Roberts to have increased ---
     4        A.  Who?
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     6   Q.   -- to bring up to the average of 3.40, 3.15?
     7        A.  No, because there is a reason why that could be at 3.40
     8        or it can even go down to 3.35.  If you are taking on X
     9        amount of crew which is going to start on 3.15, the average
    10        will start to decline.
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    12   Q.   Right.  So a high turnover would mean that the average
    13        hourly rate would be lower?
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    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That might well follow but, equally, if you
    16        up your staff, it would decrease the rate, you are saying?
    17        A.  That is what I have said, yes.
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    19   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  Are you considered a good Supervisor or a
    20        bad Supervisor or an average Supervisor in the Company?
    21        A.  A very good Supervisor.
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    23   Q.   A very good Supervisor?
    24        A.  To be honest.
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    26   Q.   That is fair enough.  Your stores that are averaging
    27        something between 3.40 and 3.50, or they were at that time,
    28        you say, is that what they are averaging now, about the
    29        same?
    30        A.  I would say probably slightly higher than that.
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    32   Q.   Slightly higher?
    33        A.  Yes.
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    35   Q.   Is that roughly about the national average or are your
    36        stores getting better average hourly rates?
    37        A.  I could not comment on the national.
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    39   Q.   Do you not get national figures?
    40        A.  Not off -- not on a regular basis, not off the average
    41        rate.
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    43   Q.   What was the last average national figure that you heard?
    44        A.  I could not tell you that.  I would not know it off the
    45        top of my head.
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    47   Q.   So you have no way of knowing whether your stores are doing
    48        better or worse than the standard expected?
    49        A.  If I knew the -- I do not know the national average off
    50        the top of my head, so I cannot comment on it but I 
    51        know  ----- 
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    53   Q.   Is there a London and South East average?
    54        A.  I could not tell you that figure; I would not have it.
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    56   Q.   Does the Company tell their Supervisors what their figures
    57        are?
    58        A.  They tell us a lot of figures but I cannot remember
    59        everything off the top of my head, you know.
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