Timeline for How to get rid of unwanted coworkers at lunch?
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| Feb 3, 2020 at 13:58 | comment | added | Pete Kirkham | @Agent_L at least in the UK, a minimum time is what is required by law, but whether it is paid or not is a matter of contract gov.uk/rest-breaks-work | |
| Feb 3, 2020 at 7:47 | comment | added | Agent_L | @PeteKirkham Are you sure the law you mention doesn't mandate actual, paid break? In my country it's 15 minutes. Eg, you work 9:00-17:00 and you have 15 minutes to eat. Yeah, in many offices it's customary to go on unpaid 30 minutes break and work 9:00-17:30 instead - but it's their personal choice to not use their paid break. Why would anyone agree to such scam is beyond my comprehension, I guess peer pressure. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 12:06 | comment | added | Pete Kirkham | @Agent_L surely that depends on whether it is paid or not, which in turn depends on the contract.I've never been paid for time taken for lunch, so it's never been company time.It's a matter for national law, at least in the UK the law says that it must be uninterrupted, and any company business interrupting the lunch therefore resets the clock. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 9:58 | comment | added | Christy | Companies can be far too big to be friends with everyone. It is also their private time and they should be able to eat with who they want | |
| Jan 29, 2020 at 18:20 | comment | added | Alex M | -1. Having the ability to choose with whom you break bread does not "lead to suspicion about company decisions" and the suggestion is absurd. | |
| Jan 29, 2020 at 18:19 | comment | added | kiradotee | A solution to this, and what a lot of companies do, is having a "team lunch". Say once a month, or once a week, on a specific day the team goes together for a lunch. On any other day - people do what they want or need to do with whoever they want to do it (be it colleagues or not) as it's their personal time. | |
| S Jan 29, 2020 at 12:53 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Jan 29, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | Neo | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Jan 28, 2020 at 10:06 | history | answered | Aida Paul | CC BY-SA 4.0 |