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Workplaces Respond To

Domestic &
Sexual Violence

The National Resource Center offers free resources, training, and technical assistance to employers, workers, and advocates to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual harassment and violence, and stalking impacting the workplace.

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Quick Facts

1 in 5 workers

experienced the impacts of domestic violence at work. 2/3 of these workers had this type of violence perpetrated in the workplace.1

8 MILLION DAYS

of paid work are lost every year by survivors of domestic violence.2

More than 1/3 of workers

said sexual harassment experiences contributed to them leaving their jobs and disrupted their career advancement.3

NEARLY 7M WOMEN & 3M MEN

reported experiencing sexual violence by a workplace-related perpetrator.4

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Collaborate

Engaging all workplace stakeholders and outside partners is key to ensuring the safety of workers and supporting employees that may be experiencing gender-based violence and harassment at work or at home.

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Prevent

Employee and supervisor training programs, awareness raising activities, workplace violence policies—these are just some of the tools workplace stakeholders can utilize to implement proactive, multi-stakeholder programs that not only respond to the impacts of violence in the workplace but work toward preventing it in the first place.

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Respond

Resilient workplace communities can both recover from incidents of violence when they occur, as well as support workers who experience gender-based violence and harassment at home or on the job.

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  1. Blodgett, C., & Lanigan, J. (2018). The Prevalence and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Intrusion in the Workplace. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 27(1), 15–34. doi:10.1080/10926771.2017.1330297) ↩︎
  2. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2003). Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6543/cdc_6543_DS1.pdf ↩︎
  3. American Association of University Women. (2019). Limiting Our Livelihoods: The Cumulative Impact of Sexual Harassment on Women’s Careers. https://www.aauw.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Limiting-our-Livelihoods-Full-Report.pdf . ↩︎
  4. Basile KC, D’Inverno AS, Wang J. (2020). National Prevalence of Sexual Violence by a Workplace-Related Perpetrator. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(2):216-223. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7092813/ ↩︎