Health and beauty chain Watsons has said it does not have a no-sitting policy, in response to calls from employees and a workers’ rights group claiming that workers are not allowed to sit at their stations and have to stand for up to eight hours daily.
Workers Make Possible, along with a former Watsons employee, met Watsons management on Monday to discuss the issue, and also asked for workers to be given more frequent breaks. A Watsons employee, who declined to be named as she is still with the company, said she has bad aches and pain in her left leg - a result of being on her feet for hours on end.
These conditions pushed them to contact volunteer-run group Workers Make Possible, which began a campaign by putting up social media posts, among other things. The group also asked Watsons for a response in September. Mr Kumarr said: “Not letting workers sit during long shifts is a very inhumane practice. It leads to many serious health issues such as varicose veins, insufficient blood flow, severe fatigue, immobility and damage to one’s joints and tendons to name a few.
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