RevengencerAlf t1_irxrllk wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Reply to comment by mrlolloran in Getting Paid Lunches in MA by stuartroelke

If you are not allowed to leave they have to pay you. If it's just impractical for you to leave because you don't want to waste time goin to and from a different place, that's honestly no different than you not being paid for your commute.

mrlolloran t1_irxsa6l wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:46 PM

I dunno there’s a practicality issue here. I live 1.3 miles from my job and last week I ripped my pants during my shift. Now my job is fairly laid back so I was able to leave, change and come back. I did nothing else. It took me 20+ minutes. 1.3 miles by car is about as short as a trip/commute gets.

Being technically allowed to leave but for extremely short periods of time is not practical. You are effectively stuck at work and should be compensated for that.

RevengencerAlf t1_iryonl7 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:45 AM

Physical impossibility due to circumstance is still not the same thing as a lack of freedom, practical or not. I can't visit Virginia between work days because there isn't enough time to get there and back between shirts. That doesn't mean that I am not free during that time.

paganlobster t1_irzfmqd wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:34 AM

How is it not a lack of freedom? Lack of time and lack of mobility due to obligation is quite literally a lack of freedom

stuartroelke OP t1_irxw3ad wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:11 PM

Just because it’s “no different than you not being paid for your commute” doesn’t mean it’s right.