Costa Mesa, California has proposed a self-checkout ordinance requiring one staff member per three machines, with fines up to ...

For many of us, self-checkout is a lifesaver at the end of shopping trips. However, one legal expert is advising shoppers to ...

Self-checkout machines are themselves designed to negotiate several trade-offs. Employers want lower costs. But they also ...

Self-checkout was supposed to be the future of fast, frictionless shopping. Instead, it has turned into one of retail’s ...

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...

If approved next month, the new rule in the O.C. city would require one employee per three stations.

Technology has a way of both making life radically more convenient and upsetting organized labor. This has always been the case. A case in point is California’s perpetual war on self-service machines ...