• Family leave

Purr-suasive precedent: Courts and lawmakers rethink leave for pet loss

For many workers, pets are no longer just animals, but family. Why shouldn’t they be allowed time off to grieve their beloved companions?

In remembrance
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Jenna Lomax
Community Editor

In January, a district court in Tampere, Finland, ruled in favour of an employee who was dismissed after refusing to return to work while grieving the death of his pet cat.

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