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National retail stores in California hit with wave of lawsuits over seats for employees
ap ^ | June 19, 2011

Posted on 06/20/2011 12:01:30 PM PDT by george76

Trial attorneys use obscure labor law that sees retailers facing millions in damages. Retail store operators may want to sit down for this one — if they can find a chair.

Nearly every national chain is under legal attack in California for failing to provide “suitable seating” for cashiers and other employees who are expected to spend most of their work day on their feet.

Enterprising trial attorneys by the dozen are using an obscure California labor law requiring retailers such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Target to have enough seats on hand for their workers.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesleader.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: attorneys; lawyers; trial; trialattorneys
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1 posted on 06/20/2011 12:01:34 PM PDT by george76
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National retailers should close every outlet in Kalifornistan and move to states that WANT employers.


2 posted on 06/20/2011 12:04:40 PM PDT by Grunthor
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In all Europe’s Grocery stores (Tesco etc. ) every cashier is sitting and they charge you for bags.


3 posted on 06/20/2011 12:08:40 PM PDT by SanFranDan
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The “stockers” that fill the shelves back up late at night are going to have a hard time reaching those top shelves while sitting in a chair.
4 posted on 06/20/2011 12:08:51 PM PDT by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: george76

Alan, I’ll take “How to drive businesses out of California for $5”.


5 posted on 06/20/2011 12:08:53 PM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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6 posted on 06/20/2011 12:10:01 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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“Alan, I’ll take “How to drive businesses out of California for $5”.”

In this case you’re a bit off the mark. This is aimed at retailers. The stores aren’t going anywhere. I know something about it due to connections with lawyers and retailers affected by this.

If you took “I’ll take rising retail prices and fewer jobs in California for $5” you’d be spot on, however.


7 posted on 06/20/2011 12:15:02 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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‘Bout damn time somebody stood up for my Constitutionally guaranteed Civil Right to a Comfy Chair. When they gonna get around to my God-Given Right to decently luxurious BMW-type transportation? And frankly, this damn gubbamint is pretty much falling down on my lawn care.


8 posted on 06/20/2011 12:15:56 PM PDT by Humble Servant
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Oh Gawd do I hope all the national chains pull up stakes and just leave that tar pit. McDonald's should lead the way, too, after having been told what they can and can't have on their menu. And WalMart, I can't even figure out why they stay there no matter how much they make. The whole state seems to be an organized anti-WalMart machine.
9 posted on 06/20/2011 12:19:21 PM PDT by Rashputin (Obama is insane but kept medicated and on golf courses to hide it)
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More dangerous than King Obama and have destroyed so much of America is LAWYERS. Rotten crud of America.
10 posted on 06/20/2011 12:25:35 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Humble Servant

I thought that the comfy chair was a torture used by the Spanish Inquisition.


11 posted on 06/20/2011 12:38:31 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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12 posted on 06/20/2011 12:41:05 PM PDT by almost done by half
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To: SanFranDan
In all Europe’s Grocery stores (Tesco etc. ) every cashier is sitting and they charge you for bags.

Aldi does that in their stores over here, although despite this they still run a pretty tight operation with some good deals. Ergonomic standards for cashiers were proposed by OSHA some years ago. I think they were overruled by George W.
13 posted on 06/20/2011 12:41:28 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Rashputin

So you can’t figure out why retailers stay here? Try 37 million people for openers. That said, like a lot of the rest of the so-called “laws” our bureaucrats impose on those of us who still have a job, are nonsensical and job killing. And for the record, there are states that have worse legislative records than California. Try Maryland, or maybe New Jersey.


14 posted on 06/20/2011 12:41:48 PM PDT by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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End Near for Zimbabwe's Last White Farmers

They failed to see the writing on the wall.

15 posted on 06/20/2011 12:43:29 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Hey Servant, I’m standing up for you! Your Bimmer is right down the street with a bunch of others. Take your pick, work fast but quietly and no spinning the tires out of the lot.


16 posted on 06/20/2011 12:45:22 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Aldi does that in their stores over here, although despite this they still run a pretty tight operation with some good deals.

Aldi used to have fairly skilled labor and no barcodes. Seriously. Every cashier previously worked as a stocker until he learned all of the three-digit codes for all of the products in the store. Then as a cashier nothing was scanned, instead the cashier very quickly typed in the three digit code for everything as he pulled it across. A good cashier was faster than a scanner, as he could type in the codes for items all the way back on the belt before they got to him, shoving items by in bulk.

They were, also, paid accordingly well.

17 posted on 06/20/2011 12:53:05 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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Didn’t some busy body organization last week say that sitting was worse than smoking?


18 posted on 06/20/2011 1:06:01 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Ergonomic standards for cashiers were proposed by OSHA some years ago. I think they were overruled by George W.”

They were not ergonomic standards, it was the trial lawyer full employment act.


19 posted on 06/20/2011 1:28:50 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: vette6387

Every time we go back to California to visit, we look at houses and think about returning. Then I read articles like this and decide I have it pretty good where I’m at.


20 posted on 06/20/2011 1:30:24 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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