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                                                                  DAY 216
 
                                                KEVIN HARRISON, Examined:
 
 
 
     1
     2   Q.   That is your signature there.  Are you happy for this to
     3        stand as your evidence of your experiences at McDonald's?
     4        A.  Yes.
     5
     6   Q.   If we go on to the second statement, or additional points,
     7        which is dated 29th January 1996.
     8
     9        "I started working for McDonald's in September 1986 as a
    10        trainee Manager at the Colchester store.  After
    11        approximately three months, I became a Second Assistant and
    12        was transferred to the Ipswich store against my will.
    13        I worked approximately 50 to 60 hours a week, which was one
    14        of the reasons why I left the Company.  I have worked late
    15        night and all night closes, including with Simon Gibney.
    16        These were more frequent at Colchester than at Ipswich.
    17        I can remember two all night closes at Colchester.  One was
    18        before a visit from a Supervisor, and the other was before
    19        a grill competition where crew came from other stores to
    20        compete with the Colchester crew.  I lived about two miles
    21        from the store, but no taxi was provided for me after a
    22        late close."
    23
    24        It is probably my fault, because I did not put it down in
    25        the notes.  You have mentioned about two all night closes
    26        at Colchester.  Were there also late night closes that you
    27        worked?
    28        A.  Yes, I think so.
    29
    30   Q.   Do you remember how often or how many times you did them in
    31        three months -- just roughly?
    32        A.  Perhaps twice.
    33
    34   Q.   Right.
    35        A.  I seem to remember there being more of that type of
    36        activity at Colchester in the short time that I was there
    37        than there was at Ipswich; but they certainly happened at
    38        Ipswich as well.
    39
    40   Q.   Reading on:  "I can recall bonus payments being made to
    41        people who worked beyond their scheduled hours.  They would
    42        be clocked out at a certain time, but would still work for
    43        a couple of hours.  I cannot remember if this was because
    44        they were under 18 or if it was to help lower the labour
    45        percentage for the period.
    46
    47        "Regarding people being asked 'to go home', people
    48        understood that the only way to get on was to co-operate.
    49        They knew that if they refused, they may not get the hours
    50        or shifts they wanted the next week.  People would be put 
    51        on the lobby if they did not co-operate.  I also witnessed 
    52        occasions when people were told to go home because they 
    53        were untidily dressed.  This only ever happened when the
    54        store was quiet.
    55
    56        "Breaks were generally not allowed between approximately
    57        12.00 and 3.00 p.m..  People would start their shift at
    58        11.00 a.m., be sent on their break at 11.30 a.m., and then
    59        have to work the rest of the afternoon until approximately
    60        5.00 p.m. without a break, or people would not get break
 
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