Growing calls for employers to actively support employees experiencing family violence

By Maeve McGregor
November 25 2021 - 7:00pm
Domestic violence survivor Michelle Skewes. Photo: Luke Hemer
Domestic violence survivor Michelle Skewes. Photo: Luke Hemer

For several years, Michelle Skewes was - to all appearances - a confident, happy and effervescent person. The young mother of four held a double degree in nursing and, until recently, had worked as a switchboard operator at the St John of God Hospital in Ballarat in Victoria's Central Highlands, for just shy of 20 years.