• Homicide is by far the leading cause of death to women in the workplace.
• Partners and boyfriends commit 13,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace every year.
• Of Battered Workers:

• 96% experience problems at work due to abuse.
• 74% are harassed while at work by their abuser.
• 56% are late to work.
• 28% leave work early.
• 54% miss entire days of work.

• More secretaries were slain on the job in 1993 than police officers and bartenders combined.

• Employers lose between $3 and $5 billion every year for increased medical costs associated with battered workers.
• Businesses lose an additional $100 million in lost wages, sick leave and absenteeism.
• Over 1,750,000 workdays are lost each year due to domestic violence.
• Domestic violence in the United States costs an estimated $67 billion annually.
• 66% of senior executives surveyed agreed that their company's financial performance would benefit from addressing the issue of domestic violence among its employees.
• 94% of corporate security directors rank domestic violence as a high security risk.
• 78% of Human Resource Directors identify domestic violence as a substantial employee problem.

References:
1. US Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, Domestic Violence: A Workplace Issue, Report 908, Bureau of Labors Statistics, US Dept. of Labor, July 1996.
2. Women's Work Program, Liz Clabome, Inc, Survey Conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide, New York, Liz Clabome, Inc., July 18-August 5, 1994.
3. National Institute of Justice, Victim Costs and Consequences: A New Look, NIJ Research Report, National Institute of Justice, US Dept of Justice, Jan. 1996
4. Family Violence Prevention Fund, Men Beating Women: Ending Domestic Violence, A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Public Attitudes on Violence Against Women, New York, Conducted by EDK Associates, 1993.