TY - SER AU - Rayner-Thomas, Margaret M. AU - Dixon, Robyn AU - Fanslow, Janet L. AU - Tse, C. TI - The impact of domestic violence on the workplace PY - 2016/// PB - ER Publishing, KW - DISCLOSURE KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - DFV LEAVE KW - EMPLOYMENT KW - HELP SEEKING KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - WORKPLACE KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 2016, 41(1): 8-21 (Open access) N2 - This study explored the impact of domestic violence on absenteeism, worker productivity, and workplace responses to domestic violence, based on a survey of New Zealand employees. One thousand six hundred and thirty-eight (1638) completed questionnaires were returned, 249 from respondents who had direct experience of domestic violence. The majority of respondents were women. Domestic violence affected over a third of respondents’ ability to get to work and their work performance. The opportunity to discuss the violence with someone at work resulted in positive outcomes. The study suggests that raising awareness of domestic violence as a workplace issue and developing appropriate legislation and workplace policies and practices would potentially benefit both workers and the employers. (Authors' abstract). Record #5270 UR - http://www.nzjournal.org/NZJER41(1).pdf ER -