What do corporate leaders think about domestic violence in the workplace?
66% think it’s a major problem.
68% think their company’s financial performance would benefit if addressed.
91% think it affects both the private and working lives of their employees.
AND YET ONLY
13% think their companies should
address workplace domestic violence.
Be the leader on your team. Help your company connect the dots.
Domestic violence doesn’t stay at home – it can strike at work. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 18,700 violent incidents are committed each year by an intimate partner at the workplace. It is common for the abuser to seek out the abused employee at work endangering the victim and possibly co-workers. Employers have a duty to protect their employees from harm at the workplace and their failure to do so could lead to lawsuits and even fatalities.
What is domestic violence in the workplace?
Domestic violence in the workplace includes all behaviors that interfere with the employee’s ability to perform work tasks. Interference could include harassing or repeated phones calls, e-mails, faxes, stalking and appearances at the work site. Abuse such as sleep deprivation and physical injuries that occur at home can have an impact on work performance.
Employed batterers often use company time and resources, e.g. e-mail, cell phone, company car, to keep tabs on his partner every hour of the day.
Since the conference’s inception in 2002, approximately 600 business professionals have attended and or participated in the conference from some of Atlanta’s largest and most influential corporations and businesses including: Verizon Wireless, City of Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Company, Georgia Power, The Home Depot, Georgia-Pacific, AirTran Airways, Georgia Department of Labor, Macy’s, Emory University, Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, MARTA, Allied Barton, Zep Inc. and Rock-Tenn.
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Keynote Speaker: Bruce T. Blythe, CEO of Crisis Management International, Inc., is the confirmed speaker. CMI is a worldwide organization of crisis management specialists. Blythe and CMI provided onsite crisis consultations to more than 200 companies in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Oklahoma City bombing, Hurricane Andrew, and corporate and commercial air crashes, etc. Blythe has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show,” multiple CNN programs, ABC’s “20/20,” CBS’ “48 Hours,” and many others. |
- The reasons decision-making managers and executives undervalue the need to prepare and how to neutralize their reluctance.
- How to position domestic violence within the overall goals of senior management and the board of directors.
- Legally defensible components for preparedness in addressing workplace domestic violence.
- Why some men batter their intimate partners and how employers can hold their employees accountable.
- Best practices on how to support an employee who is a domestic violence survivor while simultaneously addressing performance issues, absences and safety in the workplace.
- Strategies for defusing a lethal situation/individual.
Registration:
- $235 for profit companies
- $210 for ASIS/SHRM members
- $85 for nonprofit/government sector
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Co-hosted by ASIS International and SHRM Atlanta
Sponsored by Verizon Wireless, Macy's Foundation, Georgia Department of Labor, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, and Pantelis Inc.
Media Sponsors are The Atlanta Business Chronicle and Radio One.
For more information, call 404-870-9605 or e-mail info@padv.org.
Conference Information |
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Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
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7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Location |
Loudermilk Center, Downtown Atlanta |