The San Francisco nonprofit teamed up with employers and unions nationwide to form the National Workplace Resource Center on Domestic Violence, through which they share information and create helpful workplace policies. Cost of Domestic Abuse Statistics are scaring many into action. Each year, 3-4 million women are battered and about 175,000 workdays are lost due to domestic abuse. Thirty-seven percent of victims stayed home from work, were late, or didn't get promotions or even jobs because of domestic abuse, according to a 1997 survey conducted for the YWCA and The Body Shop. Each year, about 175,000 workdays are lost due to domestic abuse.
Some women even lose their lives.
It's hard to say how much of the violence that occurs in the workplace is caused by domestic abuse. So much goes unreported because victims often are embarrassed, in denial, or fearful of their company's response. While in the past, employers generally thought of domestic violence as a private concern, today they take a more hands-on approach to the problem. Tell security you are worried that your batterer may appear at work. Show them a photograph.