Do I have to let a process server come into the workplace to serve papers on an employee?

Situations may arise where a process server comes to your premises to try and serve an employee with legal papers that are unrelated to work, such as divorce papers. Process servers have no legal right to enter an employer’s premises to serve legal papers on employees, and employers can ask them to leave without fear of repercussion. An employer also has no obligation to direct an employee to meet a process server at a worksite.

Employers who have a lobby or reception area to receive visitors should make a policy decision whether to cooperate with process servers and call employees to reception to be served. Reception staff should be trained to either call employees to meet a process server or