Evaluation of the Oregon Protective Leave Law for Victims of Violence

Details

• Personal Author:
  Anger K ; Glass N ; Perrin N
• Description:
  Oregon is one of 15 US states plus the District of Columbia having a state law providing leave for employees experiencing domestic violence (DV). To date, there are few evaluations of the implementation and usage of the existing state DV laws. The study evaluated the effectiveness of "DV and the Workplace" training on: 1) the utilization of Oregon's protected leave law; 2) the workplace climate towards IPV; and 3) victims' experience and opinion including facilitators and barriers of Oregon's leave law. Twenty-seven (75%) out of 36 Oregon counties participated in our training intervention. The computer-based training (CBT) on "DV and the Workplace" included information on DV, Oregon's protected leave law for DV and supervisor's role. The participating counties were stratified by population and then randomized to 14 intervention counties (receiving DV training) and 13 control counties (receiving only brochure on the DV leave law and FMLA training). The control group received DV training 6 months delayed. We collected the following data prior to the intervention (baseline) and afterwards: (1) a knowledge test, (2) a workplace climate survey, (3) workplace visits to observe and assess postings on DV, (4) employee leave data, and (5) interviews with county employees and supervisors on the DV leave law. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Computer Programs Employees Intervention Effectiveness Policy Training Effectiveness Workplace Monitoring
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054643
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100566
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-009524, 2015 Feb; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe St Office 435, Baltimore, MD 21205
• Email:
  nglass1@jhu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:29d4c4279872eaf9eed50ab84f6f95bd9ee0f4c6b6c5e8fd6453f708d0676edfea67abdf1f0a6c120e48657978c90ac6dca2ae3081680c5290d3874ba3c00179
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218820/cdc_218820_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 163.48 KB ]