A part-time employee brought a gun to work. He never brought the gun inside, but he told a co-worker that he had the gun in his car because he was distraught over a female employee who did not want to talk to him. The co-worker immediately notified Human Resources. At about the same time, the employee’s father realized the gun was in his son’s car and came to the workplace to take the gun back.
The employer called in the Sheriff’s Department, which later went to the employee’s house and secured additional firearms. The employer’s investigation showed that the employee had been stalking the female employee for months. The employee resigned a few days later.
Because some of the stalking had occurred in an unsecured parking lot where the female employee parked to go to work, the employer sought a workplace violence restraining order to prevent the former employee from entering the workplace and the parking lot.
LCW Attorney Gabi Kamran prepared two employees to testify, but the judge was ready to rule after hearing only the first witness. The judge ordered a three-year workplace violence restraining order against the employee from entering the workplace or contacting the female employee.