Beyond the Cubicle, Behind the Bruises: Domestic Violence and Women in the Workplace
By Judge Megan Goldish
Mental Health Law,
February 2026
Employers can play a key role in detecting and protecting against domestic violence, which becomes especially important in the age of COVID when remote work became more dominant. Recent legislation has paved the way for workplace strategies to reduce the impact of DV, but employers can also implement policies to advance this goal.
Safety, Stigma, and the State: Savanna’s Law and Domestic Violence Registries
By Judge Megan Goldish
Women and the Law,
February 2026
Savanna’s Law raises questions of whether other states, including Illinois, could adopt a similar framework. Tennessee is the first state to implement a statewide public registry specifically for repeat DV offenders. While other jurisdictions maintain law-enforcement-only databases or protective-order registries, these differ significantly from a public criminal offender registry.
Beyond the Cubicle, Behind the Bruises: Domestic Violence and Women in the Workplace
By Judge Megan Goldish
Women and the Law,
December 2025
Employers can play a key role in detecting and protecting against domestic violence, which becomes especially important in the age of COVID when remote work became more dominant. Recent legislation has paved the way for workplace strategies to reduce the impact of DV, but employers can also implement policies to advance this goal.
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