Pets make life better in many ways. At work, they can boost morale, build a sense of community and get us up for regular walking breaks – all things that are good for our health. That’s why more employers are exploring pet-friendly workplace programs.
This pet-friendly workplace toolkit can help you start your pets-at-work program.
Tools to help you get started
- Benefits of pet-friendly workplaces
- Pet-friendly workplace Q&A
- Leadership considerations
- Legal considerations
- Facilities considerations
- Creating your pet policy
- Sample pet policy
- Creating your participant pledge
- Sample participant pledge
- Communicating your program
- More pet-friendly benefits to consider
Pet-friendly workplace toolkit downloads
Our 36-page Pets Work at Work guide to help you get your pet-friendly workplace program started.
A poster sharing key rules to make the pet-friendly workplace experience a good one for everyone.
A series of signs to help encourage responsible pet ownership and good behaviors.
A series of signs to help encourage responsible pet ownership and good behaviors.
Signs to show that your business is pet-friendly and explain expectations to visitors.
Signs to show that your business is pet-friendly and explain expectations to visitors.
Use this sign for employees to indicate they have a pet with them in their work space.
Use this sign to indicate areas in your organization where pets are not allowed.
Other pet-friendly workplace toolkit resources
- Playbook for Pet-Friendly Cities (PDF)
- 12 Traits of Pet-Friendly Cities model
- Pet-Friendly City Assessment
- WALTHAM: Workplaces that don’t allow dogs could be barking up the wrong tree
- BANFIELD™ Pet Hospital’s 2016 Pet-Friendly Workplace PAWrometer™
- BANFIELD™ Pet Hospital’s 2017 Pet-Friendly Workplace PAWrometer™
- Society for Human Resources Management: How to Be a Pet-Friendly Employer
- Forbes: 6 Reasons Dog-Friendly Workplaces Attract Millennials
- Service Dogs Welcome Toolkit
