Women's Tower of Strength
For individuals in employment, intimate partner abuse can lead to considerable amounts of time lost in work as well as a loss in productivity.
How We Can Help You
One key step employers could implement is also taking steps to ensure safety in and around the place of work is visible and attained.
Recognising
Abuse and controlling relationships at work
• Domestic abuse frequently extends into work itself, with different surveys showing that between 36% to 75% of employed victims are harassed by abusive partners while at work.
• Abusers stalked and harassed their victims during the working hours, using mobile phones, emails, social media or showing up unexpectedly at work
Responding
To intimate partner abuse or controlling relationships in a workplace
Disclosing intimate partner abuse is often difficult and not everyone wants to do so at work, whether for personal reasons, the psychological impacts of abuse, or concerns about how the employer will respond.
Mapping
Framework in a workplace
Identify a workplace policy as best practice Individuals may not be aware of the existing offer or may not feel comfortable asking for help as well as their specific employer do not have an approach in place or is unfamiliar with the issue.
Wherever possible, have a policy on intimate partner abuse in place. To break the silence on intimate partner abuse and bring about culture change, the issue needs to be visible across the workplace.
Our Training Plan
Discover more about our extensive range of training packages,
Who We Are
WTOS Team are trained and insured to provide training to employers.
We offer packages on 2 Levels to ensure all levels of staff are trained on Intimate Partner Abuse. Our packages provide Group Training face to face or virtually, Consultation, and Policy & Framework Support.
