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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        scheduling is not working in that store?
     2        A.  Sorry, can you -----
     3
     4   Q.   Well, if people are not being scheduled more than what they
     5        should be scheduled, which in terms of, say, full-timers is
     6        39 hours?
     7        A.  That is correct.
     8
     9   Q.   The excess hours sheet, the more names on that in general,
    10        would point to the scheduling is not being done properly or
    11        the store is understaffed?
    12        A.  Well, there can -- there are scheduling, they are doing
    13        the schedule, but if crew have worked excess hours, that
    14        would not be initially shown on the schedule.
    15
    16   Q.   That is correct.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, but what I think Mr. Morris is saying is
    19        that people are not scheduled excess hours, they are
    20        scheduled up to the number of hours they should be doing.
    21        A.  That is correct.
    22
    23   Q.   39 if they are full-time, for instance.  If, despite
    24        scheduling them that way, excess hours crop up on the
    25        excess hours print-out against their name, is that an
    26        indication, Mr. Morris is asking you, of understaffing too?
    27        A.  Yes, it is.
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  OK.  The very last question is you say in
    30        paragraph 11 about burns:  "Accidents do happen from time
    31        to time.  They generally occur to a genuine accident or due
    32        to a lack of concentration".  Are you saying that lack of
    33        concentration is not a genuine accident?
    34        A.  The lack of concentration could be not concentrating on
    35        your work, talking to somebody else next to you.
    36
    37   Q.   It is still a genuine accident, if someone burns
    38        themselves?
    39        A.  If someone burns themselves, yes, it is still -----
    40
    41   Q.   You would take it seriously?
    42        A.  Yes, it would be recorded.
    43
    44   Q.   You do not just blame the worker for ---
    45        A.  No.
    46
    47   Q.   -- right -- not concentrating?
    48        A.  No.
    49
    50   Q.   Thank you.  No further questions. 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  Your Honour, I really would hope ------ 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  Sorry, there may be one other question, sorry.
    55        Carry on.
    56
    57   MR. RAMPTON:  Your Honour, I really would like to finish
    58        Mr. Khazna, if I may, this afternoon.  I have only one
    59        question ---
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