Workplace Violence: DOJ Funded Website Focuses on Domestic and Sexual Violence

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has categorized workplace violence into four types: 1) violence associated with criminal intent, 2) customer/client violence, 3) employee-on-employee violence, and 4) violence associated with personal relationships. The last category includes sexual violence and spillover of domestic violence into the workplace.
 
A new website (www.workplacesrespond.org) provides practical tools and resources to help employers prevent and respond to domestic violence and sexual violence in the workplace. Developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, several state and industry organizations, and funded by the US Justice Department, the website offers a model workplace violence policy. Other features include guidelines on implementing prevention programs and conducting workplace safety training and education; information on protection orders; and facts about the impact of workplace violence on employees, productivity and workplace safety.