Economic Abuse

Financial abuse involves theft, fraud, or abusive control over someone’s finances.

Economic abuse is a wider term used to cover the control of other resources such as housing, food, transport, education, or employment etc.

The impact of economic abuse makes rebuilding lives challenging.

Many victim-survivors leave with large amounts of debt and poor credit ratings, affecting their long-term economic stability, and many are unable to maintain savings that provide economic security.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 999

How Economic Abuse can Present

Acquiring

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  • Sabotage job or study
  • Limit time away
  • Snatch wages away
  • Restrict banking access
  • Take savings
  • Limit benefits

Using

  • Control spending/bills
  • Monitor spending
  • Meagre allowance
  • Justifying spending
  • Limit access to- phone, car, time, wifi etc.
  • Keep finances secret

Maintaining

  • Take your cash/property
  • Damage things
  • Coerced debts
  • Spend money for bills
  • Refuse to contribute
  • Misuse join accounts

Domestic Abuse in the Workplace

75%

of people who endure domestic abuse will continue to be targeted in the workplace

abusive messages and calls

Over 1 in 10 of those who experience domestic abuse report that the abuse continues in the workplace through abusive emails or phone calls

abuser at work

47% of those experiencing domestic abuse say that their perpetrator turned up at their workplace or stalked them outside their place of work

Low productivity

Nearly 90% workers experiencing domestic abuse said it impacted their performance at work

50%+ experiencing domestic abuse have to take time off work as a result of abuse and nearly half were late to work

3 days a month

58% of abused women will miss at least three days of work a month