The proposed law is designed to protect store workers from violence, but retailers have slammed the move as an invitation to thieves 'to come in and steal.'
issuing a statement in November blaming"organized retail crime" for an eye-watering $400 million loss in its profits in 2022.
2/KTVU:"More recently, we've seen another spike in retail violence; [At] Safeways, Home Depots, it just seems to be happening every other day... What we're saying in the bill is it's not ok for employers to take a rank-and-file worker, somebody whose job is really something else... and say, 'Hey, you know, if there's an intruder we're going to deputize you to intervene.' People get hurt and often killed that way.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates that workplace violence affects nearly 2 million workers each year, with female staff suffering from higher rates of nonfatal injuries than their male counterparts. According to the survey, retailers blamed"external theft" for the greatest portion of"shrink" at 37 percent, while 28.5 percent was deemed to be the result of"employee/internal theft." The difference was made up by various factors, including processing and control failures. The survey found that 37.9 percent of respondents replied that no associates were allowed to apprehend shoplifters in their organizations.
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