The Business Case to End Partner Violence in Southwest PA

STANDING FIRM alerts employers to the financial,
safety and human costs of partner violence on the workplace and workforce and arms them with tools for taking effective organizational action.

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Workplace Security

There is a silent threat lurking in the halls of your company’s workplace. That threat is partner violence. Fully one quarter of workplace violence events in the U.S. each year are related to partner violence.

Productivity & Well-Being

More than ONE in FIVE full-time employed adults have been victims of partner violence and 64% of them indicated their work performance was significantly impacted.

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Are you an employed victim of partner violence? Are you a batterer who works? Are you a coworker, supervisor, or manager of a victim or a batterer? Share your story with us so that partner violence becomes less of a hidden problem in the workplace.

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Take the first step toward addressing the hidden safety and productivity costs related to partner violence in your workforce.

When you become a Member Employer in STANDING FIRM, you add your company or organization’s name to the growing list of regional employers who are working internally and as part of a regional network to make a workplace impact on partner violence.

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 Allegheny County
Allegheny County
 Carlow University
 Chatham University
 City of Pittsburgh
City of Pittsburgh
 Fifth Third Bank
 The Pittsburgh Foundation
 UPMC

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Council Proclamation

Break the Silence

Why the term
"Partner Violence"?

We use the term "partner violence" in the business setting to describe what others call "domestic violence." We believe the term partner violence addresses the strong bias in the workplace that "that issue" only happens at home and is not relevant to employers.