United says it is better prepared for summer because it has more staff and better scheduling.

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Recently, it contacted doctors about booking appointments online, making the pitch about freeing up staff, and scheduling more patient visits.

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Mr. Buckles said he hadn't known until less than a month before the July 27 start of the games that his company wasn't able to supply the required staff and blamed the problems on scheduling systems that had failed to effectively register the workers.

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Insiders at Credit Suisse, which will also pay prior-year deferred bonuses to UK staff after April 6, said the bank had followed a similar timetable for the past two years, so the scheduling was not motivated by the cut in the 50 per cent tax rate.

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