The SafeWork Advantage Podcast

Domestic violence impacts millions of people every day and there's a good chance that some of them are your employees.  Do you know what is expected of you before it spills over into your workplace?  In the event of workplace violence?  In the aftermath of it?  The legal consequences for ignorant companies can be costly, both financially, and sometimes in lives.  

I’m April Hardy, a survivor and the fo...

Domestic violence doesn’t stop at the front door of your workplace, and the fallout rarely stays contained to one employee. 

In this episode, we’re talking about what actually happens to team morale and workplace culture when threats, harassment, and fear bleed into the workday and why focusing on the victim isn't enough.  If you’re in HR, management, or leadership, this is the kind of risk that can quiet...

A safety plan is usually framed as something a survivor builds in private while trying to leave an abusive partner. I want to flip that lens and make it practical for employers, because when domestic violence reaches the workplace it becomes a workplace safety issue, not a personal matter happening “somewhere else.” If danger walks through your doors, your people deserve more than good intentions and improvisation. ...

Domestic violence doesn’t always stay at home. When it spills into the workplace, it can look like nonstop calls and emails, a surprise visit to the lobby, a threat in the parking lot, or sabotage that quietly wrecks someone’s ability to do their job. I’m April Hardy, a survivor and advocate, and I’m walking you through what “spillover risk” really means and why it’s a workplace safety issu...

“Why doesn’t she just leave?” sounds like common sense until you understand what leaving can trigger. We sit with the reality that separation is often the most dangerous phase of domestic violence, and we unpack why a survivor might stay, return, or delay leaving while still doing everything possible to protect herself and her kids. 

In this episode, I share some of my own story, translating lived experience i...

Most bosses assume that if an employee were being abused at home, they would tell someone at work. The uncomfortable reality is that silence is often the safest option in a survivor’s mind and it is fueled by real workplace risks like lost income, stigma, retaliation, and fear that HR will not believe them or will document them in a way that backfires later. 

In this episode: 

• I walk through the most commo...

What if the biggest drag on your team’s performance isn’t a skills gap but a safety gap? We pull back the curtain on the hidden costs of domestic violence at work—lost productivity, turnover, rising healthcare claims, liability exposure, and a brand hit that repels top talent—and turn it into a practical, human‑centered plan leaders can use right away.

Drawing from April’s lived experience as bo...

Work is predictable—and that predictability can put survivors of domestic violence in harm’s way. We unpack why homicide remains the leading cause of workplace death for women, how abusers exploit schedules, parking routines, and public staff listings, and what leaders can do to transform policy into real readiness. Drawing from lived experience and frontline examples, we trace the hard truth: when survivors gain indepe...

What if the quiet shift in a teammate’s behavior isn’t burnout, but a safety alarm no one was trained to hear? We dive into five workplace signals that often indicate domestic abuse and show how leaders can respond with compassion and clarity—without forcing disclosure or crossing lines. Drawing on lived experience and the real-world case of Lisa, a receptionist whose “small mistakes” foreshadowed a cr...

We expose how domestic violence follows employees to work, why the workplace becomes a predictable point of risk, and what HR can do today. We share stories, data, and a simple plan to recognize signs, offer private resources, and build a culture of safety without forcing disclosure.

• Why domestic violence shows up at work
• Warning signs managers can spot early
• The costs of abuse for employers and the self‑employed...

A 911 dispatcher once helping others escape danger while living in danger herself, April Hardy brings a rare, dual‑lens view to the real cost of domestic violence at work—and the practical steps leaders can take to stop harm before it reaches the headlines. As a crime victim advocate trained by NOVA and founder of In Case I Murdered, April shares how abuse derailed seven jobs and how those hard lessons shaped a clear, trauma‑...