Violent Facts
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Women are about 6 times more likely than men to experience violence committed by someone they have been intimate with.
At work, women are also more likely than men to be attacked by an intimate. Men are more likely to be attacked by strangers.
5% of women victimized at work were attacked by a husband, ex-husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend. Only 1% of men experience this.
What You Can Do at Work
1. Call 1-800-799-SAFE or 1-800-787-3224(TDD) to receive counseling and be referred directly to help in your community. This includes emergency services and shelters.
2. Create a safety plan to use at work and away from work. Your employeer should take precautions to ensure your safety and your co-workers' safety.
3. If you are represented by a union, seek the union's help.
4. Contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the US Department of Labor, if your employeer is not taking steps to protect you at work.
5. Contact your state's occupational safety and health agency to see if and how they seek to prevent and address forms of violence at work.
6. You may be entitle to leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act if you are seriously injured resulting from domestic violence. This Act is enforced by the Wage-Hour Division of the US Department of Labor.
7. If you quit your job for reasons relating to domestic violence, you may be able to obtain unemployment. More than a quarter of the US awards benefits to domestic violence victims.
8. Wrongful discharge laws protect employees who miss work in order to testify in court: this may protect your employment.
Note: If you run a women's shelter (work for, volunteer for) and would like your phone number and/or website posted here, please email me at Clover_Patch@mailcity.com. Also please send the country and area you serve.
