Royal Palm Crest v. Groft CA2/7

DISCUSSION

“Section 527.8 permits an employer to seek a restraining order on behalf of an employee who has ‘suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual, that can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace.’ (§ 527.8, subd. (a).) A ‘credible threat of violence’ includes a ‘course of conduct that would place a reasonable person in fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family, and that serves no legitimate purpose.’ (§ 527.8, subd. (b)(2).)”3 (City of Los Angeles v. Herman (2020)

Groft did not designate for inclusion in the appellate record Royal Palm’s initial request for a WVRO or the supporting declarations. Section 527.8, subdivision (a), provides, “[A]ny employer, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual, that can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, may seek a temporary restraining order and an order after hearing on behalf of the employee and, at the discretion of the court, any number of other employees at the workplace, and,

3 54 Cal.App.5th 97,…