@article{ref1,
title="Domestic and family violence leave across Australian workplaces: examining victim-survivor experiences of workplace supports and the importance of cultural change",
journal="Journal of criminology (Thousand Oaks)",
year="2023",
author="Fitz-Gibbon, Kate and Pfitzner, Naomi and McNicol, Emma",
volume="56",
number="2-3",
pages="294-312",
abstract="There is increasing recognition across Australian industries, workplace policy makers and researchers that domestic and family violence (DFV) is a workplace issue. DFV not only impacts victim-survivors' engagement in the workforce but their work performance, job satisfaction, productivity and career progression. The economic costs of DFV to Australian workplaces are well documented; however, there is limited research capturing the workplaces' experiences of DFV victim-survivors. Reflecting increasing acknowledgement of the need for workplaces to offer supports to employees who are experiencing DFV, in October 2022, the Commonwealth Government passed legislation that introduces a 10-day paid DFV leave provision into National Employment Standards. Recognising the critical opportunity that the new legislation presents for improving DFV workplace supports, this article offers victim-survivor led understandings of what is needed to ensure the new paid DFV leave provisions are introduced and embedded effectively across Australian workplaces. It centres the experiences of victim-survivors by drawing on the findings of a national survey and in-depth interviews conducted with over 300 Australian DFV victim-survivors. The findings are relevant to current policy and practice debates across Australia.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2633-8076",
doi="10.1177/26338076221148203",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221148203"
}