Financial/ economic
Financial/ economic abuse can be very subtle — telling you what you can and cannot buy or requiring you to share control of your bank accounts.
Some examples of economic abuse are:
- Giving you an allowance and closely watching what you buy.
- Placing your wages in their account and denying you access to it.
- Keeping you from seeing shared bank accounts or records.
- Forbidding you to work or limiting the hours you do.
- Preventing you from going to work i.e. by taking your car or keys.
- Getting you fired by harassing you, your employer or coworkers on the job.
- Maxing out your credit cards without your permission.
- Refusing to give you money for food, rent, medicine or clothing.
- Spending money on themselves but not allowing you to do the same.