Federal laws that protects victim employment rights

The Occupational Safety and Health Act mandates that all employers are to provide their employees with work environments that are free from recognizable hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or harm to employees (including violence). The Occupational and Saftey Administration has four categories of violence. Violence by Strangers, Client/Customers, Coworkers and Personal ...Relationships(domestic violence would fall into this category). According to OSHA, in their "elements of a workplace violence prevention program," employees that are victims of domestic violence need to be aware and feel secure in alerting their employees to a potential for a workplace attack ( i.e. victims should not be threatened with termination or fear of termination if they are victims of domestic violence.) OSHA also recommends that workplace violence policies should be implemented that 1. address the confidentiality of the employee's personal information; 2. deny or restrict workplace access to the employee relatives or outside visitors and 3. allow flexibility in the use of leave, work schedule and transfers where employees may be at risk of violence.