Violence can impact employment in …

Employment and Violence

Violence can impact employment in several ways

• Businesses often avoid setting up in places that are seen as violent, resulting in fewer job opportunities in those areas ^[22]
• Public transportation might be less available or interrupted in violent
  areas
• People who live with violence or the fear of it might suffer from trauma, making it difficult for them to keep a job consistently

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) adds more barriers to stable employment. For example, survivors might have difficulty maintaining a job if the harm doer:
^[23,24,25]

Causes injury that requires time off from work

Steals or hides items needed for work

Sabotages or interferes with their work

Controls their appearance.

Controls their finances.

Survivors of IPV are more likely to be fired, be forced to quit a job, or lose pay. ^{[26,27 They often need more time off to seek medical or legal help, counseling, or relocation. As a result, up to 60% of IPV survivors lose their jobs for abuse-related reasons. [28]} Offering IPV-related leave can help prevent these job losses. ^[29] Survivors also face a higher risk of not having a job. Apart from the reasons already mentioned, abuse can also reduce their social connections, which makes finding a job harder.^[30] People who have survived any kind of violence or trauma often struggle to rebuild their lives and find good jobs for the same reasons.