Illinois has passed a law with the stated intention to assist employers in protecting its workforce, customers, guests and property by limiting access to workplace venues by potentially violent individuals.  Effective January 1, 2014, IL employers with 5 or more employees may seek a court order of protection if the business or its employees are threatened by an individual. 

Effective April 29, 2014, a new Chicago ordinance will prohibit smoking of electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) in enclosed public places and enclosed places of employment in the city. Chicago joins New York City and a handful of other jurisdictions (including the states of Arkansas, North Dakota, and Utah) to have included e-cigarettes in their indoor smoking regulations.