A judge granted Market Basket’s request for a restraining order against two fired executives accused of pressuring store employees into a work shutdown.

Joe Schmidt and Tom Gordon will now be required to stay away from the supermarket’s stores and offices.

Schmidt, the former director of operations, and Gordon, former grocery director, were initially placed on administrative leave, but last month were fired over claims of insubordination and inappropriate communications with employees.

The supermarket claimed Schmidt was caught on surveillance video breaking and entering into store headquarters in Tewksbury after hours, using the master key that the company said he has refused to return.

“In the past few days alone, Schmidt and Gordon had gone to at least 23 different stores without au

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