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Take Your Dog to Work…Every Day

Are you thinking about allowing employees to bring pets to work? Congratulations on understanding the benefits of a pet friendly workplace! However, as with any employee benefit being contemplated, careful consideration should be given to the characteristics of your workplace and any challenges that might arise by expanding it to include furry, feathered, or scaled “coworkers.” If the environment is not really conducive to pets fulltime, there are alternative ways that employers can still support employees with pets. In an article entitled, “Take Your Dog to Work…Every Day,” published in the November 2022 issue of the New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, Carole Lynn Nowicki (co-authored with Naomi Franco) discuss the issues surrounding pets in the workplace and how to create a pet-friendly workplace.

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