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October 2018
U Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors
Publisher(s):By providing U‐visa certifications, law enforcement officials add to their arsenal of crime fighting tools because victims feel safer coming forward to report crimes. This document provides the following background information on the U‐visa: an overview of the U‐visa and a section on law enforcement officials and the U‐visa certification.
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April 2015
This Workplace is a DV-Free Zone: Creating a Policy That Successfully Addresses DV in the Workplace
Publisher(s): The webinar reviews the importance of having a policy that addresses situations where the employee is either a victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence, or stalking; principles that inform an effective policy; and features of Legal Momentum’s model policy.
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April 2015
10 Principles for the Workplace
Publisher(s):These 10 principles were developed by a national coalition of employer, labor, and government organizations and define a set of standards to guide workplace responses to domestic violence.
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July 2014
State Law Guide: Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Victims of Domestic & Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This guide provides brief language of state laws and legislative proposals explicitly covering unemployment insurance eligibility in situations involving domestic violence. Live links are provided to the alphabetized laws and bills from the document.
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July 2014
State Law Guide: Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Policies
Publisher(s):This document is an alphabetical listing of states and counties that have adopted DV workplace policies. States with model policies for private businesses are included. Live links to laws, executive orders, and bills are contained within the document.
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State Law Guide: Time Off from Work for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):The listing is alphabetical with live links from the document.
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January 2014
Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Workplace
Publisher(s): This fact sheet includes information on the impact of domestic and sexual violence on the workplace, why workplace protections are necessary, how the law protects victims, paid family leave, and domestic violence and unemployment insurance.
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Employment Rights for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):The first section of this guide outlines existing laws that provide domestic violence victims (and in some states, victims of sexual assault and stalking) time off from work to address the violence in their lives and/or that protect victims from employment discrimination related to the violence. The second section outlines proposed legislation on this topic. Each of these sections is further divided into those laws or bills specific to domestic violence (and, where applicable, sexual violence and stalking) and those laws or bills that relate to crime victims more generally.
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June 2013
Housing Protections for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): This report details both federal laws and state laws specifically indicating that domestic violence victims are protected from housing discrimination.
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June 2013
State Law Guide: Workplace Restraining Orders
Publisher(s):This guide covers state laws and legislative proposals affecting an employer's ability to seek restraining orders for employees in situations involving domestic violence.
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- Training Tools
April 2013
Yes We Can! Public Benefits for Immigrant Survivors
Publisher(s):National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Legal Momentum, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)
This webinar from the Office on Violence Against Women, NIWAP, Legal Momentum, and CALCASA covers public benefits that are available to immigrant survivors of violence.
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January 2013
Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This chapter describes the range of services an immigrant victim of sexual assault can access through different programs and services of the health care system.