Plain English Breakdown
The official text confirms the bill passed both chambers but does not provide an effective date.
Workplace Violence Restraining Orders for All Employees at a Location
This law allows employers to ask courts for protection orders covering all employees at a specific work location facing violence or threats, without needing to list each worker's name.
What This Bill Does
- Allows an employer to seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of every employee at one work site if that place faces harassment, unlawful violence, or credible threats.
- Removes the requirement for employers to list individual names when asking for protection for all workers at a specific location where they perform their primary job duties.
- Requires the Judicial Council to create or update court forms by January 1, 2028, to handle these new types of orders.
- Keeps existing rules that let employers protect one employee and other staff members if violence is directed at them.
Who It Names or Affects
- Employers who want to seek legal protection for their workers against workplace violence or threats.
- Employees working at a specific location where harassment, unlawful violence, or credible threats occur.
- The Judicial Council, which must update official court forms by the set deadline.
Terms To Know
- Workplace Violence Restraining Order
- A legal order from a judge that stops someone from committing violence or threats against workers at a job site.
- Credible Threat of Violence
- A serious warning or action by an individual showing they might hurt people in the future, as defined under existing law for workplace protection orders.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not state when it will officially become effective because no date is listed.
- Protection applies only if harassment, unlawful violence, or credible threats are directed at the specific workplace location where employees perform their primary job duties.