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As of 2020, just 4% of employers allowed workers to bring pets to work, and less than 1% offered “pawternity” leave, which is paid time off to take care of a new pet, HR Brew’s Kristen Parisi writes.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/companies-give-employees-pawternity-leave-2017-3
Puppies need time to settle into their new home and bond with their owners. They've probably just been taken from their mothers and introduced to a brand new environment, so there's likely to be a lot of crying. And that's before you can even think about house-training.
As it turns out, some companies sympathise with this transition and offer what's known as "pawternity leave." In fact, research from Petplan found that 5% of owners have been offered paid leave from their job to adjust to their pet owning duties.
March 24, 2017