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Issue Brief

Workplace Interventions for Domestic Violence

Goal Statement   one sentence that further defines the topic 

• To ensure health and safety from domestic violence for all employees while in the workplace

Local/State/National Information    additional information on this topic at the local, state, national, global level

• Workplace Interventions for Domestic Violence - USA 

• Workplace Interventions for Domestic Violence - Kansas

Policy Options / Model Programs   specific policies or program models, grouped by type, that are profiled 

Glossary of Terms   key words or phrases that the layperson needs to know to understand this issue 

• Domestic Violence: A pattern of coercive tactics, which can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic and emotional abuse, perpetrated by one person against an adult intimate partner, with the goal of establishing and maintaining power and control over the victim. 

  Examples of domestic violence include, but are not limited to:
• intimidation;
• threats to cause harm;
• verbal harassment;
• disorderly conduct;
• crimes against property;
• violation of an ex parte or protective order;
• display or discussion of weapons;
• homicide
• assault and battery;
• rape; and
• stalking. ^[1]
• Intimate Partner: Includes persons legally married to one another; persons formerly married to one another; persons who have a child in common, regardless of whether such persons are married or have lived together at any time, couples who are in an intimate relationship, including but not limited to, couples who live together or have lived together, or persons who are dating or who have dated in the past, including same sex couples.
• Abuser: A person who perpetrates a pattern of coercive tactics which can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse against an adult intimate partner, with the goal of establishing and maintaining power and control over the victim.
• Victim: The person against whom an abuser directs coercive and/or violent acts.^[2]

Bibliography    

• New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence: Information for employers, including liability issues, example worksite policies, and technical assistance (http://www.opdv.state.ny.us/)

• Notes on Workplace Interventions for Domestic Violence