Tosefta for Bava Metzia 178:6
ולא יספות במלח ויאכל ורמינהו השוכר את הפועל לעדר ולקשקש תחת הזיתים הרי זה לא יאכל שכרו לבצור שכרו למסוק שכרו ללקט הרי זה אוכל ופטור שהתורה זיכתה להן קצץ אחת ואחת יאכל שתים שתים לא יאכל וסופת במלח ויאכל
nor crush them on a rock; but he may crush them between his hands and eat them! — There [too] it is on account of loss of time. That too is logical: for should you think it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Prohibition referred to. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Tosefta Maasrot
Workers that were hoeing among the fig trees or picking dates or harvesting olives -- they may eat and are exempt, since the Torah gave them permission (see Deut. 23:25-26). [But] they may not dip [the figs or olives] in salt and eat unless the homeowner gave them permission, and they may not eat them with bread unless the the homeowner gave them permission.
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