Threat against an employee
An employee (A) said she walked in on a conversation in the lunch room where a group of employees (B) were saying that employee (C) said she was so frustrated and was going to kill employee (A). Employee (A) says she now feels that her life is threatened and so is her familys life. Employees (B) all say that the employee (C) was not serious and it's similar to when people say "Im going to poke my eye out, or something to that effect... just venting frustration. Employee (A) and Employee (C) have never gotten along and everyone believes they are both trying to get the other person fired. What do I need to do immediately? Employee A and C work in two different offices and they only see each other twice a month on saturdays. Do I need to involve police and/or labor lawyers? Everyone believes employee A is being dramatic and using this as an excuse to get rid of employee C. This incident supposedly happened over a month ago and employee A just brought it up yesterday, after she was reprimanded for speaking about employee C negatively. We are a doctors office and do not have an HR dept.