4458 California has an explicit public policy requiring employers to provide a safe and secure workplace, and to take reasonable steps to address credible threats of violence to employees in the workplace; allegations that plaintiff was terminated for reporting a threat of workplace violence to his employer and then reporting an attempted workplace assault on him to the police supports an action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy.CitationFRANKLIN v MONADNOCK (Workplace Violence) 151 CA4 252 [See: LabC 6400 etseq; CCP 527.8; Gantt v Sentry 1 C4 1083; Stevenson v Superior Court 16 C4 880, T/AT 10/97; Esberg v Union Oil 28 C4 262, T/AT 8/02]
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