California employers will soon be able to more easily obtain temporary restraining orders (TROs) to protect the workplace and any reasonably identifiable group or class of employees. The law is set to take effect on January 1, 2027.

Quick Hits

• A California law taking effect on January 1, 2027, will allow employers to obtain TROs covering conduct directed against a workplace or employees generally, broadening the existing law that only allowed employers to apply on behalf of specific employees who suffered a credible threat of violence.
• The new law allows employers to seek TROs on behalf of a “reasonably identifiable group or class of employees” without being required to “name any individual employee as a protected party.”

Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1961, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 30, 2026, expands California Code of Civil Procedure Section 527.8 to allow businesses to seek a TRO applying to the workplace and to a reasonably specified group or class of employees without having to name a specific employee as a protected party.

The law will provide employers with a tool to protect the workplace from individuals who subject them to a credible threat of violence without having to be specifically named as a protected person as part of the petition.

Understanding AB 1961

California Code of Civil Procedure Section 527.8 currently allows employers to seek temporary restraining orders to protect identified employees from individuals who have made...

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