Labor/Employment
Dec. 20, 2012
Kmart wins in cashier seating trial
A U.S. District Court jduge found Tuesday that state law does not require seated workstations for cashiers in a Tulare Kmart.
By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Kmart Corp. cashiers in Tulare will not be getting seated workstations, after a San Francisco federal judge concluded Tuesday that state law does not require it.
A class of former and current Kmart cashiers had argued that a little-tested labor law requiring suitable seating for workers should apply to them.
"Adoption of the proposed modifications would unreasonably interfere with Kma...
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