Maine Agencies to Adopt Domestic Violence Policy

The state of Maine requires its agencies to implement Domestic Violence Policies and train employees in an executive order that Gov. John Baldacci signed last year. The policies will: encourage employees to look for signs of domestic abuse in their co-workers; will offer specific help to employees suffering abuse and outline rules prohibiting any employee from engaging in any form of domestic abuse. The Department of Public Safety now has established on-line training for its 600 employees, who are mandated to complete it. The site is open to the public at www.myworkplacehelp.org.