As used in this part:
(1) "Employee" means an employee in the service of an employer for compensation.(2) "Employer" means a person who employs an individual in this state.(3) "Ex parte workplace violence protective order" means an order issued without notice to the respondent under this part.(4) "Protective order" means: (a) a workplace violence protective order; or(b) an ex parte workplace violence protective order.(5) "Workplace violence" means knowingly causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to, or significant damage to the property of, a person, if: (a) the person is: (ii) an employee performing the employee's duties as an employee; and(b)(i) the action would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed; or(ii) the threat: (A) would cause a reasonable person to fear that the threat will be carried out; and(B) if carried out, would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed.(6) "Workplace violence protective order" means an order issued under this part after a hearing on the petition, of which the petitioner and respondent have been given notice.Added by Chapter 170, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.