"The workplace may not be a safe haven when violence, or threats of violence, come to work. Make sure that your company is doing all it can to help its employees free themselves from violence at home."

A host of action ideas, clear step-by-step instructions and compelling reasons for addressing domestic violence issues as they impact employees and the workplace setting are neatly organized in the Family Violence Prevention Fund's Worker to Worker action kit. Ideas and resources for formal and informal workplace activities that either managers or employees can initiate are included in the kit. A checklist of company domestic violence policies, a sample newsletter article, and a workplace safety plan are among the resource materials the kit provides, with the suggestion that workers bring these materials and suggestions to the attention of management and Human Resource Department personnel. The kit also offers posters and safety cards that can be placed in employee lounges or restrooms and a handout listing guidelines for talking with a co-worker who is being abused. Complete instructions and resource materials for hosting a brown bag lunch seminar on domestic violence are also provided. These include an audio-taped story of a survivor, a quiz for testing knowledge of and attitudes about domestic violence, and a fact sheet describing the ways domestic violence affects the workplace.

Recommended for employers and employees interested in fostering domestic violence awareness and safety planning in the workplace setting.