By utilizing flex scheduling, vacation or sick leave and even leave without pay, employees can stay safer and perhaps get their lives refuge from abuse. In June, agency and university Human Resource staff will attend a conference to help improve their departments response to workplace violence. They will learn tools to assist them in responding to this critical workplace issue. EAP is confidential service offered at no cost to state employees and their families. EAP provides assessment and referral services linking individuals to community resources and counseling opportunities.
Domestic violence is any emotional, physical or sexual abuse by a family member, often by a partner.
Rather than being an isolated event, domestic violence tends to recur and to increase in severity over time. Without intervention, the most common results of domestic violence are divorce and death.