What Do Professionals Need to Know?

Workplace

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Victim Resources:

• Domestic Violence and the Workplace

Domestic violence permeates the lives and compromises the safety of millions of employees each day, with tragic, destructive and often fatal results. Read more about domestic violence and how it impacts the workplace.

Overview of the issue

• The State of New York Initiative
  • The State of New York Model Domestic Violence and the Workplace Policy

• Domestic Violence and the Workplace Report to the Governor 2009 printer-friendly/pdf (1.2MB)
  37% of women who experienced domestic violence reported that the abuse had an impact on their work in the form of lateness, missed work, keeping a job or career promotions.1
• The Private Sector Initiative
  • The State of New York Model Domestic Violence and the Workplace Policy for Private Business
    
    

Laws, regulations and guidelines

• Summary of State and federal laws

How OPDV Can Help

• Training
  
  

Resources

• Policies
• Tools for Professionals
  
  

Workplace Links

1. EDK Associates for The Body Shop (1997). The Many Faces of Domestic Violence and Its Impact on the Workplace. New York: EDK Associates.
2. US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (2000). Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women, November, NCJ-183781.