Domestic abuse hit the headlines in 2020 as reported incidence spiked to 2.4 million, with the United Nations declaring it an emergency. In January 2021, Business Minister Paul Scully made a 'call to action' to all UK employers to do more to help their colleagues who may be the victims of domestic abuse.
In this podcast, our Partner Emma Bartlett is joined by expert on economic abuse as it occurs within the context of coercive control, Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE (Founder and CEO of charity Surviving Economic Abuse), safety and technology specialist Mikkel Dissing (CEO of Pan!cGuard Ltd) and our Senior Consultant, Pia Sanchez, to discuss employers’ obligations to help colleagues who are victims of domestic abuse as part of existing health and safety legislation.
If you have any questions arising from this alert, or for specific legal advice on particular circumstances, please contact our Partner Emma Bartlett (emma.bartlett@cm-murray.com), who specialises in employment and partnership issues for multinational employers, senior executives, partnerships and partners.
In this podcast, our Partner Emma Bartlett is joined by expert on economic abuse as it occurs within the context of coercive control, Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE (Founder and CEO of charity Surviving Economic Abuse), safety and technology specialist Mikkel Dissing (CEO of Pan!cGuard Ltd) and our Senior Consultant, Pia Sanchez, to discuss employers’ obligations to help colleagues who are victims of domestic abuse as part of existing health and safety legislation.
If you have any questions arising from this alert, or for specific legal advice on particular circumstances, please contact our Partner Emma Bartlett (emma.bartlett@cm-murray.com), who specialises in employment and partnership issues for multinational employers, senior executives, partnerships and partners.
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