New Proposal Would Limit Number Of Self-Checkouts At Grocery Stores: Report

New Proposal Would Limit Number Of Self-Checkouts At Grocery Stores: Report

The proposal is pending before the legislature.

Proposed bill sets limits on self-checkout at grocery stores

Connecticut’s Labor Committee held a public hearing Tuesday in which legislators heard testimony on a bill which would mandate a ratio of grocery store employees to self-checkout stations in an effort to preserve grocery clerk jobs. The proposed bill stipulates that grocery stores across the state retain one staff member to monitor every two self-checkout stations. It would also prevent stores from installing more than eight self-checkout statio…