House Labor Committee To Hear Bills On Self-Checkout, Shorter Workweek

PROVIDENCE, RI — The House Labor Committee is set to meet Thursday to take testimony on several labor-related bills, including one that would cap the number of self-checkout stations in grocery stores and others that address a proposed 32-hour workweek.

The hearing is scheduled for Thursday at the rise of the House, sometime after 4:30 p.m., in Room 135 on the State House’s first floor.

A measure sponsored by Rep. Megan L. Cotter, D-Exeter, Richmond, Hopkinton, would limit the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store may operate and set workload restrictions for employees monitoring them.

Another bill, sponsored by Rep. Karen Alzate, D-Pawtucket, Central Falls, would require employers with 500 or more workers to reduce the standard workweek to 32 hours while maintaining current 40-hour pay levels. Any hours worked beyond 32 in a week would qualify for overtime pay.

A separate proposal, also sponsored by Alzate, would establish a nine-member commission to study reducing the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 hours.

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