Safe, thriving and secure : Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Naomie Pfitzner and Emma McNicol family violence leave and workplace supports in Australia
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TextPublication details: Melbourne, Vic : Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, 2021Description: electronic document (60 pages) ; PDF fileSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a national crisis in Australia. There is increasing recognition across Australian industries and internationally that DFV
is a workplace issue. Experiences of DFV not only impacts on victim-survivors’ engagement in the workforce but also their work performance and their career progression. Workplaces can be common sites of DFV with perpetrators utilising a range of abusive behaviours to disrupt individual’s participation in the workplace and their engagement with co-workers and managers. Furthermore, there is growing consensus that workplaces can play a critical role in responding to DFV through supporting employees affected by DFV.
This is the report presented to the Fair Work Commission to inform their Family and Domestic and Violence Leave Review.
Follow the additional links for the Fair Work Commission Full Bench summary and decision released in 2022. The full decision includes a substantial bibliography on DFV leave sourced from Australia and elsewhere. Record #7754
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Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a national crisis in Australia. There is increasing recognition across Australian industries and internationally that DFV
is a workplace issue. Experiences of DFV not only impacts on victim-survivors’ engagement in the workforce but also their work performance and their career progression. Workplaces can be common sites of DFV with perpetrators utilising a range of abusive behaviours to disrupt individual’s participation in the workplace and their engagement with co-workers and managers. Furthermore, there is growing consensus that workplaces can play a critical role in responding to DFV through supporting employees affected by DFV.
This is the report presented to the Fair Work Commission to inform their Family and Domestic and Violence Leave Review.
Follow the additional links for the Fair Work Commission Full Bench summary and decision released in 2022. The full decision includes a substantial bibliography on DFV leave sourced from Australia and elsewhere. Record #7754
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