Day 207 - 23 Jan 96 - Page 05
1 A. Yes, got the file here.
2
3 Q. If you go to tab 9, please? Can I just ask you a
4 question: was one of the Managers cautioned for falsifying
5 monthly profit and loss schedules -- do you remember
6 anything like that -- or accounts, if you cast your mind
7 back.
8 A. I remember -- I did not actually take part in the
9 disciplinary procedures, so -- I remember an investigation
10 of Alan Charlesworth as regards some month end stock
11 accounts. That is all I know. I do not know what the
12 conclusions were from that because I am not party to that.
13 It is a personal -- it was a private and confidential
14 matter.
15
16 Q. OK. This one we have in front of us is Human Resources
17 Evaluation Report, 12th October 1993. I am just trying to
18 skip through a great deal of this. If you go to page 164,
19 what is the importance of leaver questionnaires?
20 A. Basically, to ascertain why your crew are leaving.
21
22 Q. Right.
23 A. Be it some matter that they may have not, in the
24 process of their resignation, disclosed in, perhaps, their
25 letter or to the Manager personally, their reasons for
26 leaving.
27
28 Q. Is this a strict policy of McDonald's that that has to be
29 done?
30 A. I am not aware that it is laid down in absolute terms
31 that they must fill them out.
32
33 Q. They do national leaver figures, do they not, based upon
34 leaver questionnaires?
35 A. They do -- I am not aware if they do.
36
37 Q. Sorry. They have been disclosed, so we have -----
38 A. Right.
39
40 Q. It has been discussed in court. There are national figures
41 on reasons for people leaving. If you look at comment No.
42 2 at the bottom of the page, it says: "Leaver
43 questionnaires available, but no evidence of use". Do you
44 recall that at the time?
45 A. It is in the audit, so -- I do not actually recall it
46 myself, but -----
47
48 Q. You will accept what is in the audit as ---
49 A. Well, it does ------
50
51 Q. -- accurate?
52 A. I would, yes, I would accept the fact that the audit
53 has been completed properly, so far as I am aware.
54
55 Q. Right. If you look at page 167, we see here, under the
56 "Comments", "Number of excessive entries for adjustment
57 audit reports, but all are signed". Was there a problem
58 with excessive entries in adjustment audit reports that you
59 recall; do you recall that?
60 A. As I say, I do not recall. I did not actually carry
