CSDE Affiliate Avanti Adhia (Nursing, Epidemiology), CSDE Affiliate Heather Hill (Evans School of Public Policy and Governance), and CSDE Trainee Ann Richey (Epidemiology), along with Krista Neumann, authored a “Current Issues” piece in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine outlining three state policy tools — paid family and medical leave, sick leave, and victim leave — that provide workers time off to address domestic violence (DV)-related legal, medical, or safety issues. As of October 2025, 27 states and the District of Columbia offer explicit leave protections for DV-related absences. The authors consider tradeoffs across tools in terms of survivor access, privacy, and stigma, and identify opportunities to expand access through broader eligibility, reduced administrative burdens, and subsidized costs for small employers. This work was partially supported by CSDE funding