Mr. Andrew Mannion:

To back up what Mr. Caffrey was saying, in my employment I was the training champion so when new hires came in, I went through the policies and provided training for them. When I was not there for the first couple of weeks after new employees started, other co-workers took on the responsibility to show them, particularly regarding tills and dealing with cash for the first time.

In the instance where I was not there for the first couple of weeks these new employees started, other co-workers took on that responsibility to show them, particularly with tills and dealing with cash for the first time. The responsibility did, unfortunately, happen to fall on workers who were on sub-minimum wages. As the assistant manager at the time, I was getting far more than the minimum wage but there were workers and supervisors who were on these low rates and they were also expected to show new hires how to come in. The onus is on the employer. My employer had a wide breadth of training and policies that needed to be explained to young workers. There were probation reviews after a certain number of months and performance was reviewed. If you were not up to scratch, whether you were 16 years old or 55, your progress was looked at. It is not fair to say that training is an issue because it is provided and it is mandated that we provide all of these different types of training to new staff.