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Dismissing Domestic Violence as a 'Private Matter' Ignores Adverse Impact to the Economy
The Wire
Additionally, there are costs for the extended family, as well as friends and workplace colleagues. Recent studies on the impact of domestic violence at the workplace show that that there is an impact on the productivity of the co-workers who provide ...

Maharashtra women panel goes to rural areas to hear cases
The Indian Express
Realising that the most vulnerable section of women often cannot reach the state women commission in Mumbai, the government has initiated an 'at your door' campaign to reach out to various districts and allow women to file complaints of domestic ...

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Fla. EMT arrested for domestic violence
EMS1.com
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Polk Fire Rescue EMT has been arrested on charges of domestic violence, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Stephen Blood, 35, of Winter Haven, has been charged with one count of battery domestic violence. Blood is ...

Meera Dalal's mother wants answers from Leicestershire police over 'abused' daughter's suicide
Easterneye (press release) (subscription)
... copies of her daughter's medical records, along with other evidence held by police and has written to Leicestershire Police asking for hospital and doctors' reports, an audio recording of a call her daughter made to police, CCTV footage of the ...

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Polk EMT accused of domestic violence - The Ledger
The Ledger
A Polk Fire Rescue EMT has been arrested on charges of domestic violence, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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Column:The wives continue waiting to awaken into that heaven of freedom
Times of India
They have found some of their dignity back in recent times, thanks to legal statutes against dowry, domestic violence, and sexual harassment at the workplace. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code ( IPC) makes way for a no-question-asked arrest of a ...

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Bid for paid domestic violence leave rejected - again
Tenterfield Star
The commission said it had not rejected the view that family and domestic violence is a significant community issue requiring a workplace response and that there is a need for unpaid family and domestic violence leave and personal leave in a wider ...

When domestic violence doesn't stay at home
i Advance Senior Care (blog)
Yet, 65 percent of companies don't have a formal workplace domestic violence prevention policy, according to research conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM), and only 20 percent offer training on domestic violence.

Indian-origin mom wants action over daughter's suicide
Times of India
LONDON: An Indian-origin mother whose daughter committed suicide last year after suffering physical and emotional abuse at the hands of an ex-boyfriend has written to a UK police force to disclose evidence linked to the death and take action against ...

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How will the Ezekiel Elliott appeal hearing unfold?
Yahoo Sports
Without such basic protections, it's impossible to get to the truth in a manner that respects the rights of the player — especially when it comes to discipline for misconduct that has no connection whatsoever to the workplace. If guilty of domestic ...

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Indian-origin mom wants action over daughter's suicide in UK
The Tribune
An Indian-origin mother whose daughter committed suicide last year after suffering physical and emotional abuse at the hands of an ex-boyfriend has written to a UK police force to disclose evidence linked to the death and take action against the culprit.

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Allandale Primary School Celebrates Women's Month
Public Eye Maritzburg
The event also drew attention to significant issues South African women still face, such as single parenting, domestic violence, sexual harassment in the workplace and unequal pay. The Guest speakers for the day, Lisa Strydom from the Cancer ...

Family reacts after young father is killed in workplace shooting in Brownsburg
Fox 59
... part in a deadly workplace shooting that killed one person and injured another in Brownsburg. Today the family for one of the victims is speaking out about the violence which set off a statewide manhunt. ... Prosecutors say the shooting may have ...

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Hunter solicitor Joplin Higgins travels to United States to learn more about preventing domestic violence
Newcastle Herald
OFFERING bystander intervention programs to help staff in workplaces including hospitals, pharmacies, banks and schools recognise signs of domestic violence and support survivors would help lift community understanding about the crime, according to a ...

New Notice Requirement for Right to Domestic Violence Leave
Lexology (registration)
As addressed in our Winter 2017 Update, effective July 1, Labor Code Section 230.1, which addresses time off for employees who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, now includes a requirement that employers inform employees of ...

Harold Henderson isn't a truly impartial arbitrator
Yahoo Sports
But Hardy still has rights as it relates to efforts by his employer to punish him for things that happened away from the workplace. ... As PFT wrote at the time: “Henderson doesn't know whether the NFL used the old policy (which produced a two-game ...

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Remembering Mary
Voice Tribune
The Mary Byron Project is a local organization working throughout the U.S. to find, support and expand efforts that combat the root causes of domestic violence. The organization is “a national charity,” said Executive .... It helps prevent violence in ...

News from the Park – August 16
Wawa-news.com
For a decade and a half, Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals turned their backs on everyday workers and their families, refusing to update workplace laws. Now, just before an impending election, ... In Andrea's letter she also committed to fight for the ...

Eric Holder eviscerated for Trump-Charlottesville rant - WND.com
WND.com
WASHINGTON – Former Attorney General Eric Holder slammed President Trump for not immediately labeling the incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a ...

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Long-Bailey and Onwurah: Only Labour will deliver economic ...
LabourList
By Rebecca Long-Bailey and Chi Onwurah Business – it's a man's world, right? That's what we were historically told by children's toys and television ads.

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