Question: Hourly workers and special lunch

[Took]

back when I was hourly, if there was a team lunch with either our mgr or someone above them we were paid for the while we were gone...except for our normal 30 mins lunch.

These lunches, which were usually some sort of work related recognition or team mtg, would typically go 90 mins to 2 hours. We would still leave at our normal time and not be forced to 'make up' the extra time later.

IMO, to take (force) employees to lunch (not at a place of their choosing) and then asking (telling) them to claim that time as their lunch is bad form for the manager.

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[Lisa loves Pooh]

I would think it would have not been an issue if the boss made it optional and notified before hand how long the lunch would take.

Anything beyond the standard lunch break, should have been discussed prior.

In times passed--since my line of work was direct bill...the hourly folks would charge overhead time for anything in excess of the standard lunch break. But they were pretty stingy and were pretty good about keeping those lunches to no more than an hour. I think the one time we went off site, I didn't think anything of it and it took 90 minutes plus commute time. I just worked the extra half an hour. I was not required to go and it was purely a social time.