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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        that is correct.  Why would someone be left on the payroll
     2        six weeks after they had left?
     3        A.  It would be two weeks.  It would definitely be -- it
     4        could be between two and three weeks after someone has left
     5        anyway, because the payroll ends on a certain day.  It is
     6        not individual to each individual.
     7
     8   Q.   So, generally speaking, how long should people remain on
     9        the payroll after they have left?
    10        A.  On the payroll report, it would usually come through
    11        three weeks afterwards.
    12
    13   Q.   What, they would be deleted, their name would be deleted?
    14        A.  That is correct, yes.
    15
    16   Q.   That is basically what happens in most stores, is it,
    17        across the country?
    18        A.  I cannot speak for all the other stores.
    19
    20   Q.   Well, all the ones you have worked in, that has been the
    21        case, has it?
    22        A.  Generally, yes.
    23
    24   Q.   You said something to the effect that Mr. Beech must have
    25        stayed on there longer because his leaving code had not
    26        been entered, or something?
    27        A.  That is right, yes.
    28
    29   Q.   So how long does it take from the entering of the leaving
    30        code to people being deleted from the payroll; is that the
    31        three weeks?
    32        A.  It depends on when it is done within that pay period.
    33        Obviously, if it was right at the beginning, it would take
    34        almost three weeks; if it was towards the end, it could
    35        take four or five days.
    36
    37   Q.   Can you explain that a bit more?
    38        A.  The pay period runs from Saturday, through one Saturday
    39        to the next Saturday, two weeks.  The actual payslips come
    40        through on the Friday following.  So that is nearly three
    41        weeks.  Now, if somebody leaves and they miss by one day,
    42        it can, in effect, be three weeks.
    43
    44   Q.   But people should be terminated when, the day they leave
    45        or, like, from the -- I think you said the Husky system, or
    46        something?
    47        A.  Yes.  As close to the day they have left as possible,
    48        yes.
    49
    50   Q.   So, if Mr. Beech is still on there six weeks later, when 
    51        must it have been entered in the Husky system that he had 
    52        left? 
    53        A.  I have not worked out exactly when it would have been.
    54
    55   Q.   That must not have been done for four or five weeks,
    56        something like that?
    57        A.  Yes.  One pay period was missed; it was not done
    58        immediately.
    59
    60   Q.   It must have been two pay periods, must it not?
 
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