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New Study Examines the Role of Intimate Partner Violence in Workplace Homicides Among U.S. Women

Ross Arrowsmith — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:15:25 +0000

Contact: Stacy M. Downey (304) 285-6076; Amy Johns (304) 293-1412 Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure …

Many Female Victims of Workplace Homicide Were Intimate with their Killers

Helen Jensen — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:23:31 +0000

By Sandy Smith Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a figure which represents 22 percent of the …

Employee assistance programs lack a comprehensive approach to addressing intimate partner violence

Helen Jensen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:30 +0000

“Intimate partner violence has significant workplace impacts, and EAPs are therefore well-positioned to address this major public health problem,” explained study author Keshia Pollack, PhD, an assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Unfortunately, the majority of programs we studied …

Partner violence is managers’ business

Ross Arrowsmith — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:21:11 +0000

By Ann Belser There are already so many uncomfortable conversations that managers have with their employees. Broaching the subject of intimate partner violence could be one of the hardest, but one of the most important, since it could help save an employee’s life. Good intentions aside, paying attention to the issue goes beyond a manager …

Anti-violence program launched

Helen Jensen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:32:30 +0000

By Suzanne Fournier Allen Sawkins knows from tragic first-hand experience how domestic violence can spill over into the workplace and alter many people’s lives. Sawkins’ partner, Tony McNaughton, a Starbucks manager, was murdered at work in 2000 while trying to protect an employee from her violent ex-husband. Tears still well up as Sawkins talks about …

WorkSafeBC introduces tool kit to reduce the risk of domestic violence entering the workplace

Helen Jensen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:00:14 +0000

WorkSafeBC has created a new toolkit to reduce the risk of domestic violence entering into the workplace. “We know domestic violence doesn’t disappear when people go to work,” said Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government Margaret MacDiarmid. “Employers have a responsibility to protect their workers from threats or acts of violence — whether …

AU: Family violence spills over into workplaces: study

Ross Arrowsmith — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

By Ben Schneiders, The Age Domestic violence is directly linked with performance and productivity at thousands of Australian workplaces, a study has found. In the federal government-funded survey of 3611 workers, mostly women, 30 per cent said they had suffered family violence at some stage in their lives. Nearly half of those who had experienced …

AU: Workplaces victims of domestic violence

Ross Arrowsmith — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:02:01 +0000

By Steve Lillebuen , ninemsn Domestic violence is directly linked with widespread productivity issues at thousands of Australian workplaces, a national workplace study has found. Nearly a third of employees included in the 2011 study identified themselves as victims of domestic violence, with half of those reporting that violence in the home was having a …

AU: Broderick sets sights on violence

Ross Arrowsmith — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:15:28 +0000

By Phillip Thomson, The Canberra Times Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick wants to use her final year in the job to tell workplaces to attack domestic violence against women. The woman who is a few months away from delivering her final report into the treatment of women in the Australian Defence Force said a crackdown …

Monroe County approves new domestic violence statute

Ross Arrowsmith — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:32:52 +0000

By Zach Ammerman, Indiana Daily Student The Monroe County Commissioners have adopted a new workplace-based domestic abuse policy. The new policy states in part that “Monroe County is committed to providing a supportive workplace environment free of domestic violence.” The commissioners adopted the policy because October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “Domestic Violence doesn’t stay …