AFSCME 3090

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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.