Workplace Costs for Domestic Violence - Developed by Texas Health Resources
		Total workforce in persons
		(%) Percentage female
	\|	Total estimate female employees
	\|	Number of female employees divided by 1000
	\|	DV rate per 1,000 Female Employees
	\|	Expected number of female DV victims at your company per year
	\|	Total expected victimizations at your company per year	\|	Avg. number victimizations per DV victim per year
	\|	Predicted number of your company's DV victims seeking medical care per year	\|	Avg. percentage of victims seeking medical care nationally
	\|	Predicted total number of medical visits by DV victims for your company	\|	Avg. number of medical visits per victimization
	\|	Total predicted medical costs per victimization for your company	\|	Avg. medical cost per victimization(adjusted to 2003 prices)
			\|	Avg. US percentage paid by insurance
	\|	Estimated number of your company's victims seeking MH services	\|	Avg. percentage of victims seeking mental health services
	\|	Total predicted mental health visits	\|	Avg. number of visits per victim
	\|	Total predicted mental health costs per victimization for your company	\|	Avg. cost per visit (adjusted to 2003 dollars)
	\|		\|	Avg. US percentage paid by insurance
	\|	Total estimated lost work days due to DV for your company	\|	Avg. number of lost work days per year per DV victim
	\|	($) Avg. hourly wage for your company
	\|	Total estimated productivity lost in your company per year due to DV

	\|	Total annual costs to your company due to DV

Data Sources: Costs of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in the United States; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003 Understanding Violence Against Women;Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academy Press 1996 Straus, Murray A. and Richard J. Gelles; Physical Violence in American Families: Risk Factors and Adaptations to Violence in 8,145 Families; 1989; Transaction Publishers Notes: 1. For these calculations, domestic violence refers only to rape or physical assault by an intimate partner. It does not include verbal, mental or emotional abuse. Accordingly, the estimates of incidence, medical costs and lost productivity underestimate the actual incidence and costs. 2. Average medical & mental health costs are 1995 dollars adjusted to 2003 dollars using the All-Item CPI. Percentages of costs paid by insurance are 1995 values 3. Total workforce includes only benefit eligible individuals

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Domestic Violence in the Workplace

75% of battered employees are harassed at work by their abusers. *

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Research reveals domestic violence is pervasive and doesn’t just happen at home. When a victim goes to work, the physical, emotional, financial and psychological abuse they may be experiencing transcends into their workplace. The workplace is often the only place where a victim is away from their abuser’s control and able to get information and help. Therefore, it is critical Texas employers address the issue of domestic violence in their workplace – a decision that could save or impact lives.

Domestic violence in the workplace can take many forms and have many effects on the victim as well as other employees. These include threatening phone calls, attacks at work, stalking, absenteeism and extreme stress. The Texas Business Alliance to End Domestic Violence (TBA-EDV) was formed in 2003 by The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) and corporate leaders engaged in the work to end domestic violence as a response to the needs of victims and their employers.

TBA-EDV is an alliance of businesses dedicated to helping Texas employers identify avenues and resources to address domestic violence in the workplace. Coordinated by TCFV, the alliance was founded in 2003 to provide support to businesses working to make a difference in the lives of victims and their families.

I want to encourage others like myself – business leaders- to talk about it. My message to other CEO’s is clear—if you are not talking about domestic violence within the workplace you are ignoring the needs of your employees. You are also hurting your business in the process in terms of lost productivity, absenteeism and health care costs.”

Denny Strigl
CEO
Verizon Wireless

* Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor, National Consensus of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995

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Workplace Costs for Domestic Violence - Developed by Texas Health Resources

Texas Business Alliance to End Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence in the Workplace

Domestic Violence in the Workplace

Domestic Violence
in the Workplace