City of Los Angeles
Resource Manual
Domestic Violence Policy

Prepared by the Domestic Violence Task
Force Workplace Training Committee

Action Chart for Supervisors and Managers
Implementing the Policy in support of Employee Victims
of Domestic Violence and Abuse

Event Level	Action	Documentation	Information to Employee
A. Suspicion or knowledge of domestic violence situation	Private Consultation Review with DPO Offer Accomodation	None	Refer to support agencies
B. Effect on work performance	Hold conference to determine nexus. If appropriate, hold discipline in abeyance. Create abeyance plan with periodic reviews. Refer to DVRT if requested by employee.	Document conference and abeyance plan. If performance improves, remove disciplinary memoranda from personnel file.	Inform employee of their right to consult with DVRT. Refer to support agencies.
C. Incident or threat at workplace	Notify DPO. If appropriate, notify LAPD or other law enforcement agencies. For critical domestic violence incidents, call 911 and building security.	Document in a separate file, including action taken and accommodation if any.	Keep employee informed of all actions being taken.

Police Emergency/Rescue Ambulance	911
City Resources
L.A. City Attorney’s Domestic Violence Advocate Unit	213-485-6533
Commission on Status of Women Domestic Violence Resource Team (DVRT)	213-485-6533
County Resources
L.A County Domestic Violence Council	212-738-3192
L.A. County District Attorney Family Violence Unit	213-974-7454
L.A. County Domestic Violence Unit	213-738 -2615
Websites
Family Violence Prevention Fund	http://endabuse.org/
Department of Justice – Violence Against Women’s Office	http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
Safe Horizon Domestic Violence	http://www.safehorizon.org/
SAFE (Stop Abuse for Everyone)	http://www.safe4all.org/
Support Network for Battered Women	http://www.snbw.org/
List of Shelters in California	Enter http://dir.yahoo.com/ as the address. Then click on Society and Culture. Then click on Crime. Then on Types of Crime. Then on Domestic Violence, then on U.S. States Then California Then Complete List.