Proposed Connecticut Limits on Grocery Self-Checkout Lanes Draw Business Pushback

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a proposal that would limit the use of self-checkout lanes at grocery stores, a measure that has drawn sharp opposition from retailers and business groups but support from labor unions that say the technology is hurting workers and customers.

Senate Bill 438, scheduled for discussion … by the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee, would impose new rules on grocery stores that use self-checkout stations.

The bill would require stores to operate at least one staffed checkout lane for every two self-checkout stations, assign one employee to monitor every two machines, and limit locations to no more than eight self-checkout stations.

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