 Help
is Available for Domestic Violence
In 2001, there were approximately 60,000 domestic
violence calls to law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles
County. – LAPD,
2003
Approximately 1.5 million women are raped or physically
assaulted by an intimate partner each year in the U.S. – US
Department of Justice, 2000
One out of four women becomes a victim of domestic violence
in their lifetime. – Color Lines Magazine, 2002
Between 1993-1998, only half of the intimate partner
violence against women was reported to police. Women are
six times as likely to suffer violence at the hands of
a partner than a stranger. – National Violence Against
Women Prevention Research Center
The City of Los Angeles in 2003 developed its first workplace
Domestic Violence Policy with the collaboration of representatives
from the LAPD, the Commission on the Status of Women, employee
unions, including AFSCME 3090, and local battered women's
shelters. The policy creates significant employement resources
for the better protection of employees.
The Domestic Violence Hotline for the City of Los Angeles
is 1-800-978-3600. For more information on the Domestic Violence
Task Force, click here.
AFSCME 3090 Rep Dolores Spears is a member of the Task Force.
Important Information:
Discipline
may be held in abeyance if related
to domestic violence
abuse. Contact your rep if you are facing
disciplinary
measures at work under these circumstances.
For contact
information, click here
City of Los Angeles
Resource Manual
Domestic Violence Policy
Prepared by the Domestic Violence
Task
Force Workplace Training Committee
Highlights of the Workplace Domestic Violence Policy
- No City employee will be disciplined or terminated simply
because s/he has been or is the victim of domestic violence.
- The City must maintain a non-judgmental and supportive environment
for the employee.
- City policy does not require the employee to leave the violent
or abusive relationship.
- Disciplinary action may be held in abeyance if linked to
domestic violence.
AFSCME 3090 Recording Secretary Carmen Hayes-Walker
(left) and Business Rep Dolores Spears (right), a member
of the Domestic Violence Task Force, attended the Domestic
Violence Fair on Oct. 12 in honor of Domestic Violence
Month. Community groups also described the services they
offer to help
victims of domestic violence.
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