Free Business Seminar: Understanding How Domestic Violence Affects Your Workplace and Your Legal Responsibilities as an Employer

Join us! Free seminar for area employers, business owners, supervisors, and managers.

Friday, May 29, 2015
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Grand Library Reading Room
Umass Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747

This free seminar will address your legal responsibilities as an employer, the recently passed domestic violence legislation affecting employers, and the impact that domestic violence has on your workplace. Presentations will educate attendees and provide actionable steps that can be taken to reduce the impact of domestic violence on both employers and on workplace productivity.

Presentations include:

• Attorneys addressing your responsibility under the new legislation
• Best practices for companies to address domestic violence
• Survivor accounts of domestic violence
• Experts in the dynamics of domestic violence and abuser behavior

Opening remarks by Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III

This half-day conference is free of charge. A complimentary breakfast will be served. Space is limited. Register by contacting Ashley Bendiksen by email at Ashley.L.Bendiksen@state.ma.us or call 508-997-0711 ext. 1824.