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- Ep10: Putting the Pieces Together
In our final episode, Gretel Killeen wraps everything up by exploring three new case studies with a panel of experts. In the first scenario, a business owner wants to take matters into his own hands. In the second, a restaurateur finds that a waiter is being violent towards the chef, who is also the waiter’s mother. Finally, a graphic designer’s employee has fled a violent marriage, and wants to quit - because she’s afraid of being technologically stalked.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- WESNET https://wesnet.org.au/
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guests: Karen Prestidge, Catherine Fitzpatrick, Mark Richards
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19 min - Ep9: What if my employee is using violence?
For every person experiencing violence, someone is using it against them. What if that’s your employee? Mark Richards, a community trainer in family and domestic violence, talks about how to navigate this difficult situation – and the importance of getting expert advice.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Relationships Australia https://relationships.org.au/
- E-Safety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Mark Richards, community trainer in family and domestic violence
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 min - Ep8: Keeping your workplace safe
Half of all people experiencing violence say their violent partner interferes with work - in some cases, even coming to the workplace. Inspector Mel Dwyer, manager of the Queensland Police Service’s Domestic Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Unit, talks about how to protect your employees and workplace.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Video on setting up a safety plan for an employee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqL61xeomd8
- Australian Human Rights Commission’s guide to workplace safety in domestic violence situations https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/Annex%20B%20safety_planning.pdf
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au/women
- WHS regulators, laws and contacts https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/law-and-regulation/whs-regulators-and-workers-compensation-authorities-contact-information
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Inspector Mel Dwyer, manager of the Queensland Police Service’s Domestic Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Unit
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 min - Ep7: The impact of family and domestic violence on business
The financial impact of violence against women and their children on Australian production and the business sector is $1.9 billion a year. Catherine Fitzpatrick, business representative on the advisory group of the government's National Plan to End Violence Against Women and their Children, takes Gretel Killeen through the impact that domestic violence can have on your workplace.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Examining the impact of domestic and family violence across Australian workplaces https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/3063413/Executive-Summary-FINAL.pdf
- KPMG: The cost of violence against women and children in Australia https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/08_2016/the_cost_of_violence_against_women_and_their_children_in_australia_-_summary_report_may_2016.pdf
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au/women
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Catherine Fitzpatrick, business representative on the advisory group of the government's National Plan to End Violence Against Women and their Children
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 min - Ep6: Why your employee needs leave
People experiencing domestic violence may need to go to court; hospital; find housing; set up a new bank account; get counselling; and a multitude of other things that mostly happen during work hours. Gretel Killeen speaks with Padma Raman, CEO of Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety, about why paid family and domestic leave is important.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- 1800RESPECT’s service directory https://1800respect.org.au/services
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Fair Work Ombudsman guide to pay slips and wages https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/paying-wages/pay-slips#paid-family-and-domestic-violence-leave
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Padma Raman, CEO of Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 min - Ep5: The importance of work to people experiencing violence.
Many small businesses are like a family. And if someone in your actual family is violent and unpredictable, your workplace takes on even more importance in your life. Gretel Killeen speaks with Karen Prestidge – an expert who has spent decades training first responders on how to deal with domestic violence situations – and learns that domestic violence can affect anyone, in any type of workplace.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- LinkedIn post on how employers can create safe spaces for victims of domestic violence https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-employers-can-create-safe-spaces-victims-domestic-jen-schwarz?trk=public_post
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au/women
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Karen Prestidge, domestic violence expert and trainer
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 min - Ep4: Supporting - not solving - is the key
A small business owner explains why employers should not feel that they have to solve their employee’s domestic violence situation. The most important thing is to believe them, and give them the support they ask for.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Lifeline’s Peer Support training https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-involved/workplace-and-community-training/landing-page-peer-support-training/
- Work and mental health https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/work
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au/women
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Sandy Chong, CEO of the Australian Hairdressing Council
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 min - Ep3: How to have a difficult conversation
Gretel Killeen speaks with Ingrid Macartney, director of the Immigrant Women’s Support Service, to learn how to have a calm, open-ended conversation with an employee you think may be experiencing violence.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- How to have difficult conversations (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/fce92863-dc42-4367-ac38-bbfbf8dd7fbe/difficult-conversations-manager/index.html# https://media-cdn.ourwatch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/02/15002441/PG_Responding-to-disclosures_UpdatedFeb2019.pdf
- Responding to disclosures https://media-cdn.ourwatch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/02/15002441/PG_Responding-to-disclosures_UpdatedFeb2019.pdf
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Ingrid Macartney, director of the Immigrant Women’s Support Service
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 min - Ep2: Warning Signs
Is your employee pulling back from social functions? Taking photos of themselves at work? Gretel Killeen speaks to Mark Richards, a community trainer on domestic violence, to learn about some of the warning signs of family and domestic violence that employers can look for in the workplace.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- Be There app https://bethereapp.com.au/ https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-domestic-abuse-signs#1-4
- Signs of domestic violence https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-domestic-abuse-signs#1-4
- eSafety Commissioner www.esafety.gov.au/women
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Mark Richards, community trainer on family and domestic violence
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 min - Ep1: What is family & domestic violence?
In Australia, one in 4 women, and one in 14 men, has experienced domestic violence – so it’s likely you are working alongside someone who has experienced it. Gretel Killeen speaks with Catherine Fitzpatrick, the business representative on the advisory group of the Australian Government's National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032, to learn more about different forms of family and domestic violence.
Resources for Small Business:
- 1800RESPECT www.1800respect.org.au 1800 737 732
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
- Men’s Referral Service https://ntv.org.au/mrs/ 1300 766 491
- Employer guide to family and domestic violence (Fair Work Ombudsman) https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/family-and-domestic-violence-leave/employer-guide-to-family-and-domestic-violence
- 1800RESPECT’s explainer on the different kinds of domestic and family violence https://www.1800respect.org.au/violence-and-abuse/domestic-and-family-violence
- eSafety Commissioner https://www.esafety.gov.au/women
- National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 https://www.dss.gov.au/ending-violence
Host: Gretel Killeen
Guest: Catherine Fitzpatrick, small business owner and the business representative on the advisory group to the government’s National Plan to End Violence against Women and their Children
Additional Voiceover: Bryce Corbett
Written By: Amanda Bower, Karen Prestidge, Gretel Killeen
Audio Producer: Carter Quinn
Project Lead: Shane Kruger
Project Producer: Squiz Media
This is a Lifeline Australia podcast for the Australian Government.
© Lifeline Australia 2023
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About Small Business, Big Impact
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A short, 10 episode podcast about family and domestic violence created specifically for small business owners. The catalyst for its creation? The implementation of paid family and domestic…
violence leave for small business employees from 1 August. You will learn what family and domestic violence is; warning signs to look for; how to talk to an employee you think might be experiencing it; and why paid family and domestic leave is important.
Content warning: all episodes discuss family and domestic violence. If you or someone you know is affected by family, domestic or sexual violence in any way, you can contact 1800RESPECT at any time, night or day, for information and advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.