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California Supreme Court

Jan. 7, 2016

State high court dubious of 'no sitting' employee rules

State Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Tuesday over an argument that cashiers in California and across the country must stand to perform their job.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO ? State Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Tuesday over an argument that cashiers in California and across the country must stand to perform their job.

"There are many stores in the U.S. where [cashiers] sit and seem to do [their jobs] just fine," said Justice Goodwin Liu.

The en banc panel has been asked by the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to clarify...

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