Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the employees forfeited their meal compensation claim by not asserting it earlier and acting contrary to the foreman's instructions.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The claim was not forfeited; the employees could rely on the later instruction and mere delay of about two months did not amount to abuse of rights.
Extrahierte Begründung
A conflicting instruction by the foreman displaced the earlier promise to leave early for lunch. No special circumstances showed that the employer could assume the claim would not arise, suffer particular prejudice, or that earlier assertion was unreasonable.