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 …
Category Archive: Domestic violence at work
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Mar 23 2012
WorkSafeBC introduces tool kit to reduce the risk of domestic violence entering the workplace
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 …
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Dec 06 2011
AU: Family violence spills over into workplaces: study
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 …
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Dec 05 2011
AU: Workplaces victims of domestic violence
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 …
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