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                                                                  DAY 216
 
                                            KATHERINE HARRISON, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        so hours.  At the Colchester store, I usually worked four
     2        out of five weekdays, and Saturdays from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00
     3        or 5.00 p.m..  At Romford, I was fully flexible and so
     4        worked hours all over the place.  I sometimes worked until
     5        4.00 a.m. at the Romford store, after starting at 5.00 p.m.
     6        I was aware of other people working long shifts, as I was
     7        an opener at Colchester and would see people still there
     8        after all night closes.  People would be asked to stay
     9        late, but it was manipulative.  Things were made awkward if
    10        you did not agree.
    11
    12        "I recall late closes approximately every couple of months
    13        when big wigs were visiting.  There would be panic about
    14        the visits.  If I finished at 1.00 a.m., a taxi would be
    15        paid for, but I lived 14 miles outside Colchester, so they
    16        knew that that was the only way they could get me to work
    17        late.  I did not generally work later than 1.00 a.m.
    18        because I was usually in again early the next morning.
    19
    20        "I witnessed under 18 year olds working past the legal
    21        hours at Romford, Colchester and Birmingham.  They were
    22        usually asked to stay on.  I am not aware of how they were
    23        paid.
    24
    25        "I recall times at Colchester when my paid hours were
    26        short.  I queried this with the Managers (Martin Holloway
    27        and Mark Davis) and the pay would be added to the next
    28        payslip.  I kept a record of the hours I worked, so I knew
    29        they were short."
    30
    31        Can I just ask about this?  Mark Davis said that at the
    32        Colchester store there were what he called payroll
    33        surgeries that were held for crew to complain about their
    34        pay.  Was that where you complained; or what do you know
    35        about that?
    36        A.  I do not know anything about payroll surgeries.
    37
    38   Q.   So you went to him individually, or ---
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   Q.   -- the Manager individually?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   When you say you do not know anything about them, what do
    45        you mean?
    46        A.  I do not know what a payroll surgery is.  I would not
    47        know.
    48
    49   Q.   You are certainly not aware of a payroll surgery taking
    50        place every two weeks? 
    51        A.  No. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Reading on:  "I remember the McDonald's Freedom Fighters,
    54        but I was not part of it.  I recall that Paul Jackson was
    55        dismissed.  I went to a lot of crew meetings and rap
    56        sessions to try and make my feelings felt, but although it
    57        might make things different for a week or two, it was no
    58        good in the long run.  You had to keep complaining to get
    59        things done.
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