Statement In Response To BBC Reports, Thursday 27th September 2007

28 Sep 2007

The suggestion that these unproven allegations are representative of working life at Domino’s Pizza is absolutely untrue. In spite of the union’s intensive efforts to lobby Domino’s Pizza employees, and the high profile awareness generated around a small number of local grievances, there is no evidence to suggest a widespread problem within our 12,000 strong team across the UK and Ireland.

An investigation into the majority of these allegations was completed some weeks ago and we have found no evidence to support them. More recently, new allegations have been brought to our attention by a BBC journalist. These will be thoroughly investigated once we, or our franchisees, receive full and formal notification of the allegations direct from the individuals concerned or the union representing them. To date we have received only piecemeal e-mail correspondence from the BBC pertaining to these allegations. If we find evidence that any of the allegations are true, we will not hesitate to take immediate and decisive action.

We accept that some franchisees need to improve the clarity of their HR paperwork and communication with employees. A lack of such clarity would appear to have been the root cause of these local issues. To that end, considerable time has been invested in producing a comprehensive set of pro-forma documents which will be made available to all franchisees. These documents have been submitted for review by experts in the fields of HR and franchising.

To view a video of Chris Moore, Deputy Chief Executive of Domino’s Pizza, talking about this issue, please click this link http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGa4seB0WM

For more information, contact Bernadette Ahmed, 07909 928016/Lynda Redington, 07946 355547

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