Take Your Dog To Work Day

8 Steps to a Successful Workplace Policy

StratEx presents:

Step 1: Check the building policy

First things first: Look into your building’s rules

for bringing animals to the office.

Step 2: Keep your employees first

Biggest concern: Allergies. Your first priority is to your

employees’ health and safety.

Find a way for your employees to give anonymous feedback to find out about

any reservations about dogs in the office. Some people have a fear of

certain animals or feel uncomfortable around them.

Step 3: Determine which animals

to allow.If you plan on allowing dogs in the office on

a daily basis, your policy should outline which temperament, size or any other

important factors are allowed. And consider the cat lovers, too.

One solution: Employees complete a request form to bring their animal to work, which includes the animal type and size. This way, any questionable creatures can

be addressed and/or denied before entering

the office.

Step 4: Keep Visitors in MindIf you are only participating in “TYDTWD” for

one day, this may not be a huge concern. However, if you want to allow dogs in the office

on a regular basis, you definitely need to consider visitors that may come into the

office.

Just like your employees, you should ask visitors ahead of time if they have any allergies and if they are comfortable

with having specific animals around.

One solution to deal with allergies or uncomfortable employees or visitors: section off animal-only areas.This allows the animal lovers to have a friendly space to

interact while giving the other employees their respected space.

Step 5: Set Boundaries

Step 6: Make Legal Responsibilities

Clear

You should inform all pet owners that they are legally responsible for any injuries or damage done

by their pet.

Not all animals are aggressive or cause harm to other pets or

humans -- but there is always a slight risk.

Step 7: Leashes (may be)

required Depending on your office environment,

requiring leashes may be the best way to keep everyone safe and happy.

Being leashed can help prevent the risk of injuries as well as keep animals from

digging for gold in the office garbage cans.

It goes without saying: any animal that appears to be aggressive

should be required to leave.

That’s it! Use these steps to create a policy that will keep

dogs and employees working in harmony.

Happy Take Your Dog To Work Day!