Posted on Jul 6, 2023
Fort Hays University wants to teach businesses how to help employees going through abuse
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People undergoing domestic abuse are more likely to lose their jobs. Fort Hays State University is trying to teach businesses how to change that.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Megan Shepard knows the strain of holding down a job while getting battered by a former partner.
She’s survived it.
But Shepard said she had advantages so many other people don’t. She never needed a shelter. She had family support. And her workplace served as a safe haven.
Yet many people enduring domestic abuse don’t always feel safe at work. Their abuser might be stalking or harrassing them. And that kind of trauma can cripple the focus needed to succeed on the job.
But Shepard’s advantages spared her that and kept financially stable enough to move away from her abuser.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Megan Shepard knows the strain of holding down a job while getting battered by a former partner.
She’s survived it.
But Shepard said she had advantages so many other people don’t. She never needed a shelter. She had family support. And her workplace served as a safe haven.
Yet many people enduring domestic abuse don’t always feel safe at work. Their abuser might be stalking or harrassing them. And that kind of trauma can cripple the focus needed to succeed on the job.
But Shepard’s advantages spared her that and kept financially stable enough to move away from her abuser.
Fort Hays University wants to teach businesses how to help employees going through abuse
Posted from kcur.org
Domestic Violence
Hays
Fort Hays State University
Teaching
Business
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Abusers may not be specifically trying to get someone fired, but the additional trauma and stress makes someone less productive. Businesses, consequently, sometimes see an employee as unproductive or unmotivated. That could cost someone a raise or promotion — or their job.
The professors at FHSU said the issue can run deeper than an unmotivated worker and they want workplaces to think more about the impact home life has on employees."...
..."Abusers may not be specifically trying to get someone fired, but the additional trauma and stress makes someone less productive. Businesses, consequently, sometimes see an employee as unproductive or unmotivated. That could cost someone a raise or promotion — or their job.
The professors at FHSU said the issue can run deeper than an unmotivated worker and they want workplaces to think more about the impact home life has on employees."...
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I don't quite understand why everyone seems to believe such things are among the responsibilities of businesses. What's more, it would seem the people who push this stuff on businesses are the same ones who often revile those same institutions.
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