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No Water At the Checkstands??

I work at a grocery store in California. Recently I heard one of my managers claim that “eventually” we will not be able to have ANY drinks at the check stands, whether we can provide a receipt or not. He also claimed that we would be required to keep any purchased drinks in the break room with a receipt. He said if we needed a drink of water we would need to get it on our respective breaks. I find this extremely dehumanizing, (not to mention stupid, as all of our checkers will decide to leave the check stand every 5 minutes for the water fountain in silent protest) and I am hoping I can report my employer to the labor board should this sad excuse for a policy go through. Does anybody know if this violates labor law?


I work at a grocery store in California. Recently I heard one of my managers claim that “eventually” we will not be able to have ANY drinks at the check stands, whether we can provide a receipt or not. He also claimed that we would be required to keep any purchased drinks in the break room with a receipt. He said if we needed a drink of water we would need to get it on our respective breaks. I find this extremely dehumanizing, (not to mention stupid, as all of our checkers will decide to leave the check stand every 5 minutes for the water fountain in silent protest) and I am hoping I can report my employer to the labor board should this sad excuse for a policy go through. Does anybody know if this violates labor law?

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