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Originally Posted by scorpiosis37
I published a book & legal training manual on this topic in 2009. Your employer is currently in violation of the law. You need to contact a worker's rights attorney TODAY. Given my experience in the field, if what you are saying is all factual, you could be in serious danger. Stalkers do not just stop "because someone told them to." They continue and they escalate. Your workplace is in violation of the law if they continue to employ this individual and he comes within 200 feet of you on their property. You ABSOLUTELY have a legal claim against them. You need to hire an attorney, who needs to draft a letter to your employer explaining the situation and demanding that this individual no longer work on the same premises as you. The second your employer hires their own attorney, they will be advised to comply IMMEDIATELY. You also need to contact the police and inform them that this individual still works at the same place you do and is violating the restraining order by coming within 200 feet of you (assuming he has done so after the order went into effect). I don't want to frighten you any more than you already are, but this is serious. This cannot continue to go on.
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Thank you for this reply! I am definitely frightened. The judge who granted the permanent No Stalking Order said that he thought this man was "dangerously obsessed" and that he would never stop seeking me out. He said he shuddered to think what would happen if I tried to go back to work without an order of protection. So that is exactly what I'm trying to do now: go back to work with an order of protection against a co-worker in the same department. HR has stressed that the onus is on the stalker to stay away from me. I believe their plan is to just hope that he doesn't cross paths with me but I will likely have a meeting with them next week as I return to work on Tuesday. They would not give me any information in writing prior to my return. I do have an attorney because the stalker fought the order of protection and got his own attorney. My lawyer is very interested in the way my company has (or hasn't) handled this matter. Do you know what the rule is for violating a No Stalking order? Like if this guy comes around a corner and I'm standing there, do I immediately call the police or do I only call if he doesn't immediately leave?