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Chapter
8. Promoting Safety and Nonviolence in the Workplace: Resources
Commission on Domestic Violence—Law
School Initiative Project The Commission on Domestic Violence Web site provides American Bar Association policies, training materials, legal briefs, and sample legal forms relevant to domestic violence issues and proceedings. The site also includes information about upcoming events and training opportunities and links to other resources and organizations. Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence
The Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence promotes workplace awareness of and efforts to prevent partner violence. Resources include a quarterly newsletter, a toolkit to help businesses design awareness programs, a dating violence awareness program, and materials for coordinating Work To End Domestic Violence Day and Domestic Violence Awareness Month efforts in the workplace. Employee Relations and Employee Health
Services The Employee Relations Branch of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) provides information and assistance to federal agencies on employee discipline, misconduct, performance problems, and dispute resolution. Under Employee Health Services, OPM provides information and assistance on employee health programs, counseling, preventive health services, and responding to domestic violence, workplace stress, and workplace violence. Services for federal agencies include management guidance, newsletters and other publications, seminars and workshops, interagency committees, and day-to-day consultations; the Web site provides online resource information that may be helpful to any employer. National Sexual Violence Resource Center
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is a clearinghouse for resources and research about all forms of sexual violence and assault. NSVRC works with its partner agency, the University of Pennsylvania, to provide new policies for establishing sexual violence intervention and prevention programs. National Training Center on Domestic and
Sexual Violence The National Training Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence provides consultation and training (including national and regional conferences), helps government decisionmakers develop and evaluate policies and programs, and promotes collaboration among government agency staff, victim advocates and service providers, university researchers, and related professionals in working to end domestic and sexual violence. The Web site includes a calendar of training sessions throughout the United States. National Workplace Resource Center on
Domestic Violence The National Workplace Resource Center on Domestic Violence helps workplaces respond to and support employees who are facing domestic violence. The Web site offers materials for supervisors, tips for improving workplace security, program recommendations, legal guidelines, sample policies and best practices, and related resources. Stalking Resource Center The National Center for Victims of Crime's (NCVC's) mission is to help victims of crime and their families rebuild their lives. The Stalking Resource Center provides resources, training, and technical assistance to criminal justice professionals and victim service providers to support locally coordinated, multidisciplinary antistalking approaches and responses. Women's Bureau The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau is the only federal agency mandated to represent the needs of wage-earning women in the public policy process. The bureau champions fair wages and benefits, reasonable work hours, expanded training and job opportunities, and improved workplace conditions, as well as helping workers balance job and family responsibilities. The Web site includes a library of press releases and publications, statistics, information on programs and services, and related materials. Women's Rights Department The Women's Rights Department of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) works to ensure equity in the workplace by fighting for equal pay and promotional opportunities and against workplace discrimination and violence against women. AFSCME supports new workplace initiatives and changes in law and public policy, holds regional conferences, provides leadership training, and distributes booklets and other resource publications. Back to Chapter 8
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