Title
Easing the return to normalcy: Reintegrating victims of domestic violence into the workplace v2.0
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Domestic violence (DV) is a major public health crisis that can have long-lasting, detrimental effects on its victims. Often, the effects of DV can translate into the victim’s workplace, reduce employee productivity, and/or result in an increase in absences. When victims miss work due to a DV-related incident, they typically need help to reintegrate back into the workplace, and even those victims that do not miss an extended period of work still need ongoing organizational support. It is important that employers understand the costs DV can have in terms of absent and distracted employees as well as the opportunities and types of resources they can provide for those that have experienced or are experiencing DV at home. However, the resources that employers can provide will likely look different between industries, as there may be more resources available for employees in industries that have in-house Human Resources departments, that pay a salary versus an hourly rate, and that offer benefits (e.g., health insurance). The purpose of this research is to survey victims of DV and to utilize qualitative research methods to compile a list of recommendations for businesses to use in order to best help all types of employees that have experienced at least one DV-related incident.
Date
10-24-2020
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Included in
Easing the return to normalcy: Reintegrating victims of domestic violence into the workplace v2.0
Domestic violence (DV) is a major public health crisis that can have long-lasting, detrimental effects on its victims. Often, the effects of DV can translate into the victim’s workplace, reduce employee productivity, and/or result in an increase in absences. When victims miss work due to a DV-related incident, they typically need help to reintegrate back into the workplace, and even those victims that do not miss an extended period of work still need ongoing organizational support. It is important that employers understand the costs DV can have in terms of absent and distracted employees as well as the opportunities and types of resources they can provide for those that have experienced or are experiencing DV at home. However, the resources that employers can provide will likely look different between industries, as there may be more resources available for employees in industries that have in-house Human Resources departments, that pay a salary versus an hourly rate, and that offer benefits (e.g., health insurance). The purpose of this research is to survey victims of DV and to utilize qualitative research methods to compile a list of recommendations for businesses to use in order to best help all types of employees that have experienced at least one DV-related incident.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology