Posted By David Duffill My daughter works as a check-out girl/cashier at a small local supermarket. She works an 8 hour day with morning, lunch and afternoon breaks. She is obliged to stand all the time she is at the till, and I wondered whether anyone knows if there is any legislation concerning these working conditions?

Posted By Brian David Research on whether to stand or be seated at checkouts indicates upper limb loads are reduced when standing but that a seat should be provided enabling operators to have a choice. The use of suitable sit-stand stools may be a way forward for some checkouts. The following publication may week be helpful for you, available from HSE Books tel: 01787-881165: * Checkouts and Musculoskeletal Disorders HSE Books, 1998, IND(G) 269. Of prime importance, is that the employer should have carried out a suitable and sufficient risk asessment of this work activity and implemented a safe working practice, based on any risk reduction recommendations.