WEBSTER, Mass. - A Webster family is trying to prevent future tragedies by making sure nobody else will have to experience what their daughter did.

Amanda Dabrowski's familiy is working with state Sen. Ryan Fattman and state Rep. Joe McKenna to pass a bill expanding domestic violence workplace protections.

Dabrowski was attacked at home in 2019 and was fired from her job 48 hours later. The same man who attacked her is accused of killing her three months later at O'Connors Restaurant in Worcester.

Right now, temporary and contracted workers do not receive the same benefits as full-time employees, who can take off 15 days of work following a domestic violence incident. Fattman said everyone should receive the same benefits.

"It's important because all employees should be covered," Fattman said. "When someone is attacked in their home or outside their home and abused and they can't go to work, they shouldn't be fired for that. This would extend protections that already exist on the books in state statute to contract and temporary workers so they too are protected in instances of domestic violence."

Fattman said he will re-file the bill when the new legislative session begins in January.