California Bill Proposes Stricter Self-Checkout Regulations to Preserve Jobs and Limit Item Quantities

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As significant U.S. retailers like Walmart, Dollar General, and Five Below either completely eliminate or restrict self-checkout to tackle escalating retail theft, pro-labor politicians are finding an opportunity to intervene.

These retailers are adjusting their policies to curb losses, with Target limiting self-checkout to no more than 10 items and Costco increasing staff at their self-checkout stations.

In response, progressive lawmakers in California are proposing legislation to further restrict or potentially eliminate self-checkout, aiming to take the decision-making process away from retailers and enforce it through new regulatory measures.


The latest amendment to the proposed bill, made on Thursday, mandates that retailers must staff one employee for every two self-checkout machines, ensuring job retention as technology advances.

Additionally, the bill now stipulates that self-checkout machines are to be used only by shoppers purchasing 15 items or fewer, an increase from the 10-item limit set in the earlier version of the legislation.

PHOTO: Self service checkout, Walmart megastore, North Carolina. (Self service checkout, Walmart megastore, North Carolina. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) / Getty Images)

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