Walmart to settle California cashier suit for $65 million

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed it failed to provide seating for its California cashiers.

The Los Angeles Times says Walmart denies wrongdoing in the proposed settlement, which was filed this week in federal court in San Francisco.

If approved by a judge, the deal would end a nearly decade-old suit and affect some 100,000 current former Walmart cashiers.

The suit alleged that Walmart violated a 2001 California order that said workers must be given seats when the nature of the work “reasonably” permits it. In the settlement, Walmart says it still believes that’s not the case for its cashiers, who must greet customers and stock shelves.

However, under the settlement, Walmart agrees to a pilot program making stools available to California cashiers.