Workplace violence.

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Workplace violence.

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Legislators in North Carolina are considering a bill (S.B. 921) that would allow business owners to obtain a restraining order on behalf of an employee who is threatened by violence. The restraining order could be obtained to protect the employee from domestic violence or from a coworker. The order could be procured before any violence has occurred.

Legislators in North Carolina are considering a bill (S.B. 921 [1]) that would allow business owners to obtain a restraining order on behalf of an employee who is threatened by violence. The restraining order could be obtained to protect the employee from domestic violence or from a coworker. The order could be procured before any violence has occurred.

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Workplace Violence

Submitted by Crimcheck on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 21:46.

This is a good step in the direction we need to be going. Sometimes as security professionals we feel our hands are tied.

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