Know Your Rights

Do you know someone who:

  • Is afraid of losing a job because of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking?
  • Is being harassed or stalked at work by a current or former partner?
  • Needs to take time off to go to court, see a doctor, find a safe place to live, or take other steps to address domestic or sexual violence?
  • Needs help talking to a boss about changes at work that could help make the workplace safer?
  • Lost a job due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking?


These Know Your Rights guides can help. Also see our State Law Guides and Sample Letters.

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Know Your Rights

Safety Planning

Time Off

Discrimination

Unemployment Insurance

Welfare to Work Participants

New York-specific resources

Did You Know...

74% of employed battered women were harrassed by their partner while they were at work?

Publication Highlight

Educating the Courts About Sexual Violence in Unexpected Areas
Justice system professionals tend to think of cases involving sexual assault as reaching the courts under the label “Rape” and thus of concern to felony-level criminal courts only. In reality, these cases arise across the spectrum of civil, criminal and family law, but their complex intersections are often ignored. More »