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Labor/Employment

Jul. 26, 2013

Kmart settles suitable seating suits

Kmart will resolve all claims from three former cashiers suing the retailer for not providing seated work stations for a total of $280,000.

By Laura Hautala

Daily Journal Staff Writer


Kmart will resolve all claims from three former cashiers suing the retailer for not providing seated work stations, according to a document filed in California's Northern District Wednesday. The settlement - which will total $280,000 - includes former cashier Lisa Garvey, a plaintiff who represented a class of cashiers from a Tulare Kmart and lost in a class action trial in December. Garvey was in the midst of a fight to ge...

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