Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center

On October 27, 2010 the White House and U.S. Department of Justice announced the launch of Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center. The Resource Center was created and funded as a result of Legal Momentum’s advocacy during and after the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 2005.

The Resource Center provides tools for employers to obtain information and assistance in creating workplace policies addressing domestic, sexual and dating violence and stalking. It explains what employers can do to help their employees, and contains model policies designed to address the realities of domestic, sexual and dating violence and stalking in the workplace. Employers can obtain information on safety planning and find the resources that best fit their needs.

The Resource Center is the result of a collaboration among Legal Momentum and six other organizations, including the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and its National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the Resource Sharing Project of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, and the Victim Rights Law Center.

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

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