An employer shall have the right, at the employer's
discretion, to implement a workplace violence policy or any
workplace violence prevention measure to provide for the safety
of employees provided in compliance with applicable Federal and
State law., including the use of a physical barrier that
requires a person serving food in any establishment either to
open a window or other aperture or to pass food through an open
window or other aperture, in order to hand the food to a
customer inside the establishment.
Section 4. Preemption.
(a) General rule.--This act shall preempt and supersede any
municipal ordinance, rule, policy or licensure requirement
concerning the subject matter of this act. THAT LIMITS,
RESTRICTS OR PROHIBITS AN EMPLOYER FROM IMPLEMENTING A WORKPLACE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY OR WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION
MEASURE.
(b) Regulation or restriction of workplace violence policy
or prevention measure.--An ordinance, rule, policy or licensure
requirement enacted by a municipality which regulates or LIMITS,
restricts OR PROHIBITS workplace violence policies or any
workplace violence prevention measure is void.
(c) Rebuttable presumption.--There shall be a rebuttable
presumption that a municipal ordinance, rule, policy or
licensure requirement THAT LIMITS, RESTRICTS OR PROHIBITS A
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE POLICY OR ANY WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION
MEASURE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES is preempted by
this act, if the workplace violence policy or workplace violence
prevention measure:
(1) is not prohibited by Federal or State law; and
(2) is consistent with recommendations issued by the
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