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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        holiday pay, he will receive it; if he is not, then he
     2        would not receive it.
     3
     4   Q.   How is the payment actually made?  I think you told us a
     5        moment ago but say it again.  Once the computer is
     6        registered that he is owed, let us say, £59.72 holiday pay,
     7        how is the payment actually made to the departing crew
     8        member?
     9        A.  It will be made directly from my Head Office on the
    10        next time that everybody else will be paid anyway.  It will
    11        just go through as his pay would have done in previous
    12        weeks, automatically.
    13
    14   Q.   Then Head Office pay it to his bank; is that right?
    15        A.  That is correct, yes.
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    17   MS. STEEL:   Can we just have a pause, please?
    18
    19   MR. RAMPTON:  Is Ms. Steel ready?
    20
    21   MS. STEEL:   I am actually not.  Thank you.
    22
    23   MR. RAMPTON:  Just for completeness, Mr. Roberts, if one looks
    24        under the next column which is entitled "Employee gross",
    25        right?
    26        A.  Yes.
    27
    28   Q.   The same figure of £59.72 appears there, you see?
    29        A.  Yes.
    30
    31   Q.   Then there is a row of zeros for the next lot of payments
    32        or possible payments.  Then, finally, in the last column
    33        under "Net pay" the same figure of £59.72, yes?
    34        A.  That is right, yes.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Where are you now, right at the end?
    37
    38   MR. RAMPTON:  In the last column, still on the line of Beech
    39        under the heading "Net pay", the same figure £59.72.  The
    40        question I have, Mr. Roberts -- again it may be obvious but
    41        we might as well have it -- when the employee actually gets
    42        the money at the end of all this process on the computer,
    43        what is the figure amongst all these which he actually gets
    44        in the bank?
    45        A.  In this example, as he was a student, he did not pay
    46        and he did not earn enough hours, he did not pay National
    47        Insurance.  He did not work any hours.  He did not pay any
    48        tax.  So the amount that would be paid to him would have
    49        been £59.72.
    50 
    51   Q.   Is that what "net pay" means?  I mean, if you look at 
    52        Mr. Noah immediately beneath, his net was £233.54? 
    53        A.  Net pay is the actual amount they receive.
    54
    55   Q.   Whereas Mr. Noah's gross had been £249.35 before
    56        deductions?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Do you see that?  The actual money received is the last
    60        one, is it?
 
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