Depending on your organization and workplace type (corporation, hospitality, travel, housing, local government and more) and with almost 85 million homes in the US having pets, a pet-friendly policy can have tremendous social, emotional and economic benefits.
Here are a few tips for getting started today.
- Consider the benefits of a healthier workforce, greater collaboration, lowered stress levels and the impact they will have on your business.
- Survey your employees for interest in a pet friendly workplace.
- Gain a leadership sponsor AND recruit an enthusiastic program owner, making sure that the pet-friendly role is part of their job description.
- Consider the logistics of how to accommodate pets in your facility ,i.e., property management approval, insurance coverages, pet and no pet areas, nearby green space, etc.
- Create a pet policy and pet parent agreement. We can help you with that.
- If you are not able to have pets in the workplace consider adding employee benefits such as pet insurance, pawternity leave, work from home days, etc.
