Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements

The issue of domestic violence is not new in Malaysia. This abuse that happens in a family or sometimes personal relationship often has a ripple effect that haunts through the fabric of the victim's life. In some cas-es, domestic violence spills into the workplace, with devastating consequences...

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Main Authors:	Randawar, Daleleer Kaur, Ibrahim, Norliah, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2018
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-671922019-01-03T05:06:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67192/ Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements Randawar, Daleleer Kaur Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina K Law (General) The issue of domestic violence is not new in Malaysia. This abuse that happens in a family or sometimes personal relationship often has a ripple effect that haunts through the fabric of the victim's life. In some cas-es, domestic violence spills into the workplace, with devastating consequences for victims, their colleagues, and their employers. Sometimes victims find it difficult to deal with their employers who fail to understand their hardship. Instead of employers relieving their plight, they make it more distressful for the victims. Vic-tims of domestic violence may also at times be targets of employment discrimination. Hence, victims who suffer violence require proper support services to assist them to lessen the hardship they have to endure at the workplace. Certain employment policies that can protect the rights of victims of violence need to be im-plemented to prevent them from losing their jobs and facing discrimination at their workplace. Providing proper support under the law by expanding employment rights for the victim of domestic violence such as paid leave or reasonable time off from work will lessen the agony of an employed victim. This article focuses on analysing the differences, special and unique features of the employment entitlement and benefits under the domestic violence law in some selected jurisdictions. LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67192/1/67192_Extending%20the%20scope%20of%20protection.pdf Randawar, Daleleer Kaur and Ibrahim, Norliah and Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina (2018) Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements. Malayan Law Journal, 2 (lxxi). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0025-1283 http://www.lexisnexis.com.my/en-my/products/malayan-law-journal.page
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description	The issue of domestic violence is not new in Malaysia. This abuse that happens in a family or sometimes personal relationship often has a ripple effect that haunts through the fabric of the victim's life. In some cas-es, domestic violence spills into the workplace, with devastating consequences for victims, their colleagues, and their employers. Sometimes victims find it difficult to deal with their employers who fail to understand their hardship. Instead of employers relieving their plight, they make it more distressful for the victims. Vic-tims of domestic violence may also at times be targets of employment discrimination. Hence, victims who suffer violence require proper support services to assist them to lessen the hardship they have to endure at the workplace. Certain employment policies that can protect the rights of victims of violence need to be im-plemented to prevent them from losing their jobs and facing discrimination at their workplace. Providing proper support under the law by expanding employment rights for the victim of domestic violence such as paid leave or reasonable time off from work will lessen the agony of an employed victim. This article focuses on analysing the differences, special and unique features of the employment entitlement and benefits under the domestic violence law in some selected jurisdictions.
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author	Randawar, Daleleer Kaur Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
author_facet	Randawar, Daleleer Kaur Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
author_sort	Randawar, Daleleer Kaur
title	Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
title_short	Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
title_full	Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
title_fullStr	Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
title_full_unstemmed	Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
title_sort	extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements
publisher	LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67192/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67192/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67192/1/67192_Extending%20the%20scope%20of%20protection.pdf
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Extending the scope of protection to domestic violence victims in relation to employment entitlements

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