Domestic violence survivors are supposed to be protected at work. So why aren’t employers complying?

Image caption: Employers are still largely uninformed about their legal responsibilities to domestic violence survivors — a population that has limited resources and time to pursue a case if their employer does not comply with state laws. Image credit: Corbis / Getty Images. Article by Chabeli Carrazana. The 19th News – July 17, 2023.

Many domestic violence survivors qualify for unemployment insurance, can take time off to go to court or can ask for workplace accommodations. But few even know those laws exist and fewer employers are following them.

The violence had escalated for years before one day in October 2020, when Virginia’s husband threatened her life in front of her two children. She fled. The three of them hid […]

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