A proposed California law would ban self-checkout counters at grocery stores if specific employee standards are unmet. State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas of South Central Los Angeles says she wrote the bill to protect the jobs of grocery workers.
The requirements include having one worker monitor no more than two self-checkout stations, plus public notice of any new technology that might impact the workplace. The bill comes at a time when retailers like Walmart are rethinking self-checkout after too many customers left unpaid items in their shopping carts.