It’s Worse Than You May Know: 10 Things HR Needs to Understand About Domestic Violence in the Workplace
OVERVIEW
Many human resources professionals have had basic training on
how domestic violence impacts the workplace, but most do not realize the depth
of the problem nor the most effective ways to deal with it. This training
covers 10 specific points about employee victims and perpetrators, violence
risk, victim perspective, best practice interventions, and the financial damage
associated with domestic violence.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND
Human resources professionals are often charged with handling
employee related domestic violence cases, which can be both challenging and
dangerous. This training seeks to educate and prepare HR staff to assess and
handle domestic violence cases by sharing crucial information on where victims
are coming from, what they’re really facing, and how employers can sensitively
and effectively support them, in order to keep the entire workplace safer
overall. Statistically speaking, every large company has domestic violence in
their midst, whether they realize it or not. More than half of women (and many
men) have experienced physical, sexual, or severe emotional abuse during their
lifetime and most of these victims are employed, as are their abusers. When
both show up to their jobs, the abuse and harassment often follow, emerging as
domestic violence “spillover” in the workplace. The spillover spectrum ranges
from repetitive phone calls on the mild end, to mass shootings on the extreme.
Of course, violent incidents are a primaryconcern, but the impact of domestic
violence in the workplace reaches far beyond human safety alone. Abused
employees have higher absenteeism and lower productivity rates than non-abused
employees. They also have over 40% higher health care costs and a greater
chance of leaving the company or being fired because of what they are
experiencing at home and at work. Performance issues caused by domestic
violence are often what HR encounters first, before realizing the extent of the
problem. In addition, employee-abusers create a significant liability risk for
companies posing threats that range from OSHA violations to multi- million
dollar post-incident lawsuits. If employee victims aren’t coming forward and management
isn’t responding correctly, then the company is “flying blind”, unable to see
the dangers before them. Human resources professionals should attend this
training because while it is within their power to address and defeat the
insidious enemy of domestic violence, they can’t do it without understanding
the nature of their opponent and knowing exactly what tools to use in the
battle against it.
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AREAS COVERED
- Recognizing and addressing batterer employees
- Domestic violence spillover in the
workplace
- Performance and attrition issues caused by domestic
violence
- 7 ways domestic violence impacts businesses
- Cost calculation resources
- Liability issues
- Victim disclosure fears
- How to encourage victim disclosure
- How to respond sensitively and effectively to employed
victims
- Creating a menu of remedies and accommodations
- Complications and risks for victims leaving an abuser
- Understanding the path to “escape velocity”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Participants will explore the issue of domestic
violence and learn how it impacts the workplace
- Participants will gain insight into the topic of
domestic violence “spillover” and discuss the legal and financial problems
it can create
- Participants will improve their skills in
recognizing and responding to domestic violence victims in the workplace
- Participants will examine and develop new strategies
for assessing and managing employee related domestic violence cases
WHO WILL BENEFIT
Human resources professionals at all levels. Management,
employee relations, legal, and security professionals
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