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The Basics of Restraining Orders in North Carolina

In the sixteen years that I was a Wake County District Judge and District Attorney, I’d often be asked how to get a restraining order. The answer is relatively simple – the North Carolina General Assembly passed a law that...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Zero Tolerance: Implementing Workplace Violence Prevention Policies and Best Practices

Discover how implementing prevention policies and adopting best practices can foster a secure, productive, and respectful workplace. Every employee deserves to feel safe at work, yet incidents of workplace violence remain...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

How Title IX Can Inform Private Employers' Response to Relationship Violence

How should an employer respond if an employee is experiencing relationship violence? What if the partner has threatened the employee at work? Employers must consider these situations because relationship violence in the...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Can North Carolina Employers Terminate Employees Based on Threat of Domestic Violence Spillover?

How should Human Resources respond to the following scenario?: An employee reports that she recently separated from her husband and obtained a domestic violence restraining order. Several co-workers approach HR to report that...more

Fisher Phillips

Employers Reminded Of Workplace Violence Dangers

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A new case on workplace violence in Missouri demonstrates the practical and legal challenges many employers face in today’s environment. The case shows the risk extends beyond violence by employees to violence by nonemployees...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The On-Air Shootings At WDBJ-TV: When Bad Things Happen To Good Employees

What could WDBJ7-TV have done to prevent Wednesday morning’s tragic on-air murders? Unfortunately, probably not a thing. I’m a second-guesser, and I have spent much of the last 48 hours racking my brain about what the CBS...more

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