Domestic Violence and the Workplace

This blog is about domestic violence & its impact on the workplace as well as related topics.

Monday, March 21, 2005

Biggest Health Risk For Australian Women Ages 15 To 44 Is Domestic Violence

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According to a recently released study, the biggest single health risk factor for Australian women aged 15 to 44 is domestic violence. The s...
Thursday, March 17, 2005

Harvard University Group Calls South Carolina Pro Bono Program Innovative

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A Harvard University group says a South Carolina project that trains criminal and civil lawyers to be volunteer prosecutors in domestic viol...
Tuesday, March 08, 2005

New North Carolina Laws on Domestic Violence Bring Little Immediate Change

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Two new North Carolina laws meant to protect workers from domestic violence and its repercussions on the job have had little impact in the m...
Monday, March 07, 2005

20 Year Old Woman Shot & Killed Outside Her Workplace

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A 20-year-old woman died on March 4, 2005, after police believe her boyfriend shot her at work. Around one o'clock, Lubbock police say E...
Friday, February 25, 2005

Security Tool To Help Domestic Abuse Victims

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The national program called "AWARE," or abused women's active response emergency, uses a small device, but it could mean the d...
Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Domestic Violence Risk Measurement Tool Now Online

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Each year, more than three million women in the U.S. are abused by their intimate partners–and more than 1,200 are killed by their abusers. ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Verizon Wireless Marks 10 Year Anniversary of Hopeline (SM) Program

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To mark the 10-year anniversary of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(SM) program, the company today (February 16, 2005) announced a $250,000 gi...
Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Liz Claiborne Hang Tags Feature Domestic Violence Information

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Liz Claiborne Inc. garment hang tags feature more than just size and style information --they could save a life! The hang tags include inf...
Friday, February 11, 2005

$2.25 Million Verdict in Maryland DV/Workplace Tort Case

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On February 10, 2005, a jury came back with a verdict in the amount of $2,250,000, in Gantt v. Security, USA, a domestic violence/workplace ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Kaiser Permanente Display Addresses Domestic Violence

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Kaiser Permanente recently opened a Silent Witness exhibit at its Terra Linda, CA medical center on February 4. The display is a collection...
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Thursday, February 03, 2005

Massachusetts Considers DV Workplace Legislation

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State Representative Joseph R. Driscoll (D-Braintree), has announced his full support of a legislative package introduced by Rep. Peter Kout...
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Monday, January 31, 2005

Two Workplace Deaths In Maine in January 2005

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BANGOR - Two women allegedly were killed by co-workers while on the job this month, both possible victims of personal relationships gone bad...
Tuesday, January 25, 2005

A Unique Corporate Response To Domestic Violence

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Dallas, TX -- Prosecutors in Dallas County domestic violence courts hope a $200,000 grant from Dallas-based Mary Kay Inc . will help reduce ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Translating Practice Into Research

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Wouldn’t you like to know if the programs and policies that employers are using to address domestic violence and its impact on the workplace...
Thursday, January 13, 2005

Man Opens Fire At Estranged Wife's Workplace -- Kills Three

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Three people were killed and two injured Tuesday (January 11th) when a man opened fire on his estranged wife inside a Tennessee Department o...
Friday, January 07, 2005

Bethlehem City Employees Learn Workplace Violence Prevention

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A City Hall fistfight in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that cost two supervisors their jobs has spawned a series of workshops on violence in the ...
Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Employers Fight Oklahoma Gun Law

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The Labor Department's annual census of workplace deaths, released this fall, shows that homicide in the workplace took the lives of 631...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Domestic Violence Remains #1 Cause of Homicide Death in Maine

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So far this year in Maine, 19 people have died by murder or manslaughter in the state. In 10 of those cases, the killer and the victim had b...
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Update on North Carolina Wrongful Discharge Case

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I recently shared about a wrongful discharge case related to domestic violence up before the North Carolina Supreme Court regarding James Ed...
Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Peace At Work Releases Study of Domestic Violence Assaults at the Workplace

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A new study of 155 domestic violence assaults that occured in the workplace by Peace at Work reveals trends and risk factors that may guide ...
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Kim Wells is the Executive Director of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), the only national nonprofit organization in the US founded by the business community to address domestic violence as a workplace issue. CAEPV (www.caepv.org) currently has employer members reaching over a million employees across the US with the message that domestic violence is "Everybody's Business."
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