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The impact of domestic violence on the workplace Margaret Rayner-Thomas, Robyn Dixon, Janet Fanslow and Cannis Tse

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: New Zealand Journal of Employment RelationsPublication details: ER Publishing, 2016Subject(s): Online resources: In: New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 2016, 41(1): 8-21 (open access)Summary: 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
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New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 2016, 41(1): 8-21 (Open access)

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