What are the reasons for getting a workplace violence restraining order?
An employer can file for a workplace violence restraining order if the employer, an employee, or a customer or guest (“invitee”) is:
- the victim of violence, whether it happened at work or someplace else;
- threatened with violence that could happen at work; or
- stalked or harassed at work.1
1 R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-52-2(a