Violence Away From The Workplace 

The Problem: The criminal victimization of employees/associates away from the workplace places a large financial burden on employers nationwide. Research indicates that employees/associates who are victimized by violence, at and away from work, will likely have problems on the job including: absenteeism, tardiness and difficulty functioning at work.

In 2003, more than 13.5 million total days were lost from job and household productivity due to intimate partner violence, equivalent to 47,339 person-years.

At least one million women and 371,000 men are victims of stalking in the U.S. each year. Stalkers often follow their victims to the workplace.

The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services and productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Imagine, if you were victimized by violent crime or property crime, how would it affect you physically, psychologically, emotionally and financially? How would it affect your job performance? The answer is negatively.

The Solution: Give your associates the most important safety tool they could possibly have: knowledge. The knowledge to recognize and reduce their risk of becoming victims of violence is the single most critical factor that will enable them to be "Prepared In Advance".