By California statute, an employer has a duty to ensure a safe workplace. In a recent California case, an employee who was injured by a criminal assault while visiting another employee’s home for dinner and for work-related and/or networking activities argued that the employer’s duty extended to the host employee’s home. The host employee’s disturbed adult son shot an injured the guest employee (and others) during the visit. The court ruled against plaintiff for various reasons, including because the employer did not control the employee’s home or the people that there were there.