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.
How Economic Abuse can Present
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Domestic Abuse in the Workplace
of people who endure domestic abuse will continue to be targeted in the workplace
Over 1 in 10 of those who experience domestic abuse report that the abuse continues in the workplace through abusive emails or phone calls
47% of those experiencing domestic abuse say that their perpetrator turned up at their workplace or stalked them outside their place of work
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
58% of abused women will miss at least three days of work a month