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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        A.  That is correct, yes, under the "Net pay" column, that
     2        is what they actually get in their bank account.
     3
     4   Q.   Thank you.  If you would not mind putting that on one
     5        side?  Do not put it back in the shelf.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Could I just ask you, what does the employee
     8        actually receive by way of -- it is all done by automatic
     9        transfer, their fortnightly pay, but what, if anything,
    10        does the employee actually receive to inform him or her of
    11        as to what the pay net pay is and how it has been reached?
    12        A.  The employee receives, on the Thursday or the Friday
    13        that they have been paid, a payslip, which is a
    14        confidential payslip, and it will state how many hours they
    15        have worked.
    16
    17   Q.   But how is that handed to them or transferred to them; does
    18        it go by post, or is it -----
    19        A.  No.  It is delivered to the restaurant by post.
    20
    21   Q.   And then what happens?
    22        A.  It depends on different restaurants and the system that
    23        they use.  The system I would use is a folder, A to Z
    24        folder, and when the payslips -- they come in one lump, all
    25        together, and we separate them, and we put them in
    26        alphabetically, and they can come round and look for them,
    27        because it will be left in the Manager's desk area.
    28
    29   Q.   So, they just come and get their own out, do they?
    30        A.  Yes.
    31
    32   MR. RAMPTON:  Then what happens if, like in the case of
    33        Mr. Beech, the employee has, in fact, left some weeks
    34        beforehand, so he is not in the restaurant to collect any
    35        piece of paper; does he get sent anything or not?
    36        A.  No.  The payslip will be retained in the store for
    37        collection ---
    38
    39   Q.   I see.
    40        A.  -- unless they specifically ask for it to be sent on.
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  Now, if you just put the Heathrow file to one side
    45        and replace it with Mr. Beech's second statement.
    46        A.  Yes.
    47
    48   Q.   We will go on with Mr. Beech's second statement.  We had
    49        got to the bottom of the page, "Understaffing".  He says:
    50        "Sometimes Managers would shout to work faster and staff 
    51        would shout back 'get more staff', as it was impossible to 
    52        work faster." 
    53
    54        I only have one question about that.  Did you ever hear an
    55        incident of that kind?
    56        A.  No.
    57
    58   Q.   Turn over the page, please, "Food Integrity".
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I must say, if anything has the ring of
 
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