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SC ranks second in the nation for deaths due to domestic violence.  While it may be comforting to think domestic violence happens to unemployed persons at home, the truth is that it may occur to either gender,  in all socioeconomic levels, AND it doesn't always happen in the privacy of one's home.  What can we do as employers to try to prevent this violence from "spilling over" into the workplace?  How can we identify and assist employees who may be victims of domestic violence?  This session reviews the facts and offers recommendations for employers to create an action plan.

Sharon Sellers, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, GPHR is president of SLS Consulting, an HR Services and Training firm, and has over twenty-five years of experience as a senior Human Resources professional.  SLS serves clients in the United States, the European Union, Asia and the United Kingdom. Sharon is a past-president of the Tri-County HR Management Association.  She has served for the past ten years on the South Carolina Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) State Council and is the 2014-2015 State Director.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Management.  She has published articles through SHRM's website and the South Carolina Business Journal as well as other trade magazines and has been quoted as a Subject Matter Expert in local and national HR articles, including the Post and Courier, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the NY Post, and the Washington Post.  In addition to her consulting, she is an adjunct instructor at Trident Technical College in Charleston where she teaches courses in human resources including the SHRM Learning System.  Sharon was recently named as a one of the 2011 Influential Women in Business, CEO Division, in Charleston by the Charleston Regional Business Journal.  She is a 2015 Advisory Board Member for Joint Base Charleston.