Workplace Violence Restraining Orders

Programs that help employers obtain an order from the court that protects an employee from violence or credible threats of violence in the workplace. A workplace violence restraining order must be requested by an employer on behalf of an employee who needs protection. The order can also protect certain family or household members of the employee and other employees at the employee's workplace or at other workplaces of the employer. Credible threats of violence include following or stalking the employee to or from the employee's place of work; entering the employee's place of work; following the employee during work hours; making telephone calls to the employee during work hours; and sending correspondence to an employee by postal mail, interoffice mail, fax or email. The availability of and requirements for this type of restraining order may vary by jurisdiction.