The Illinois Workplace Violence Prevention Act allows an employer to obtain a restraining order to protect an employee from potentially violent individuals.Employers should know that if a person makes “a credible threat of violence at the workplace,” the workplace act which became law in January 2014 can be a useful tool to protect your employees, customers and guests.The employer should obviously still work with the police and prosecutors if threats are made or there is a criminal case pending, but as soon as …