What does the HSE recommend about checkouts?

The HSE recommends that your checkout should be designed:

• to allow you to work either standing or sitting
• to suit your shape and stature.
• so that you are not cramped, and have enough room for your knees when you are sitting down
• so that you do not have to lean to get to the till or the scanner
• so that you do not have to reach too far.

According to the HSE, your employer should:

• give you proper training about how to use the checkout in a safe and healthy way
• give you adequate rest breaks
• consider mixing your duties to give you work away from the checkout
• make sure that there are enough staff to avoid large queues of customers building up at checkouts, as this is stressful