An employer may seek a workplace protection restraining order to prohibit further violence or threats of violence by the respondent if: (1) an employee has suffered unlawful violence and the respondent has made a credible threat of violence to be carried out at the employee's workplace; (2) an employee believes that the respondent has made a credible threat of violence to be carried out at the employee's workplace; or (3) an unlawful act of violence has been carried out at the workplace or the respondent has made a credible threat of violence at the workplace.
820 ILCS 275/15
Employer's right to a workplace protection restraining order
Known as the Workplace Violence Prevention Act
The act spans §§ 820-275-1 to 820-275-95 (28 sections).
P.A. 98-430, eff. 1-1-14; 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.