1 in 3 women and 1 in 7 men experience partner violence and they work for you. Is your workplace prepared to respond? Survivors explain the reality.

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For Business Leaders

  • Recognize the importance of job security & financial stability to survivorship
  • Respond by establishing a safe & supportive workplace culture
  • Inspire employee productivity, minimize risk, & promote employee well-being

For HR Professionals

  • Recognize the equity issues in hiring survivors of IPV
  • Respond by incorporating current best practices in policies & procedures
  • Inspiring a paradigm shift in attracting, training, & retaining talent; becoming a best place to work

For Emerging Executives/Managers

  • Recognize the signs of IPV
  • Respond appropriately through supportive conversation & providing meaningful tools and resources
  • Become a champion & changemaker at work

STANDING FIRM empowers employers to recognize and respond to the workplace effects of partner violence.

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The weight of partner violence is unmistakable in the workplace.

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Basically, we follow all STANDING FIRM’s advice. With the vital support of our Board of Directors and CEO, I feel our organization is educated and prepared to handle partner violence situations that might present themselves at any moment.

VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR A LARGE REGIONAL HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION

When this was happening to me 20 years ago, I was scared at work, but the only person I told was one security guard. Nobody would have guessed that a person like me would be in a situation like that. I was so embarrassed and ashamed. If my employer had offered the training back then, I might have left the relationship sooner and I wouldn’t have had to be scared he might come after me at work.

Employee of a large regional hospital

I’m impressed that my company is interested in this important issue that is not usually talked about in the workplace. It shows that my company really cares about its employees.

EMPLOYEE OF A MEDIUM-SIZED ACCOUNTING FIRM

I missed work several times in order to get an Order for Protection, to find a place for my children and I to live, and to finalize my divorce. I am living proof that domestic/partner violence directly affects companies’ cost of doing business.

MID-LEVEL MANAGER, LARGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

STANDING FIRM provided an excellent framework for us when we were starting off figuring out what we wanted to do and how we wanted to approach this very serious topic.

SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES LEADER IN LARGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

Our company joined STANDING FIRM not because of the effect on partner violence on productivity or the liability issues mentioned here today, but to offer our employees an eight-hour day free from the gnawing feeling in their stomachs that haunts those who are in abusive relationships. It’s the right thing for us to do.

PRESIDENT OF A REGIONAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

27%
of U.S. workplace violence events are related to partner violence

35%
of employees have known a coworker who was a PV victim or perpetrator

74%
of abusers report having easy access to their intimate partner's workplace

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