Fattman, McKenna push domestic violence bill protecting survivors working contract jobs
Ariane Vigna
BOSTON — A bill extending workplace protections for domestic violence survivors working in contract jobs is aimed a closing a loophole that allowed a woman to be put out of a job after she missed work to recover from domestic violence injuries, according to sponsors Sen. Ryan C. Fattman, R-Sutton, and Rep. Joseph D. McKenna, R-Webster.
The current state labor law allows for a leave of absence of 15 days for direct employees who were victims of domestic violence. It does not extend to contracted workers such as Amanda Dabrowski, who was fatally stabbed in 2019 by her former partner Carlos Asencio at O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar in Worcester.