Know Your Rights: Sample Letters to an Employer

Many states have laws that give employees who are victims of domestic violence, stalking, and/or sexual assault certain employment rights. To see if your state has a law, see our State Law Guides.

Additionally, there is a federal law called the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that can give you time off to address serious medical conditions. To see if you qualify, see our Know Your Rights guide: Medical Leave for Survivors and Family Members.

We have prepared some sample letters to help you tell your employer about these laws and enforce your rights.

 

Did You Know...

In studies of battered women, many experience sexual abuse as well as physical violence, and forced sex is a leading indicator of increasing danger and potential lethality.

Publication Highlight

Risk Assessment and Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: The Hidden Dimension of Domestic violence
Article by Lynn Hecht Schafran for Judicature Magazine. Risk assessment is of critical concern to judges in every kind fo domestic violence case. Recent research documents the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in these cases: intimate partner sexual abuse. More »