| Domestic abuse or violence is the physical or | | | | with employees who go through it. Employers have |
| emotional abuse in the hands of a spouse or an | | | | to understand that domestic violence has a deep |
| intimate partner. In the United States more than | | | | impact on the employee's ability to work. Statistics |
| 80,000 women suffer from it every year and also | | | | reveal that several employees lose at least hundred |
| report incidents of abuse to 911. The law | | | | and thirty-seven hours of work each year due to |
| enforcement receives a call for domestic violence for | | | | domestic abuse. Also, many of them take time off |
| every 10 seconds in the country on an average. The | | | | from work to get medical assistance. They also have |
| statistics on domestic violence is staggering. | | | | other legalities to deal with like getting a restraining |
| Domestic violence other than having an impact on | | | | order against a partner, relocation and also moving to |
| the emotional and physical well being of a person also | | | | a safer place to work. In addition, some employees |
| degrades the quality of work of the person who is | | | | cannot make it to work due to other factors like |
| going through it. A person cannot mentally or | | | | unavailability of a car or money to come to work by |
| physically work to their potential when they have | | | | public transportation. |
| been through a bout of domestic violence. | | | | Different states have different rules for this, and the |
| Several States have come to recognize that such | | | | rules also mention how much time you can take off |
| conditions exist and also are being more considerate | | | | and what qualifies as domestic abuse. |