- In Germany Life over 10 million dogs
- Dogs help to manage stress and reduce the risk of burnout
- Companies can dogs ban in the office
- judgements on the topic “Dogs and the world of work”
According to Industry Association for Pet Supplies (IVH) live in Germany – as of 2021 – 10.3 million dogssplit up 21 percent of households. The motives for keeping one or more dogs are diverse: breeding, as a sports companion, loneliness or just animal love. It is well known that dogs can also support people – for example as a guide dog or as a four-legged police officer. But dogs also help to cope with stress and prevent burnout – a welcome haven of peace in the office. That too work atmosphere said to be better due to the presence of dogs. But you are allowed to wear your furry nose at all take to work? The boss decides that.
Dog in the office: The company can refuse your four-legged friend
You can don’t insistto be able to take your dog to the office, like the man from Nuremberg Attorney Thorsten Walther explained. You need an express permission of your employer or the employer have. By the way, this person can issue the approval also withdraw.
Although the company management in refusing no reason must specify, can a dog ban in the office multiple reasons have: Other employees feel disturbed, for example or your dog needs so much attention that yours work performance may be affected. Whether for the basic yes or the revocation: the boss can also decide against your dogif Colleagues are allowed to take their four-legged friends with them. According to Walther, there is no principle of equal treatment.
If you despite the ban take your dog to the office, your future in the company will go the usual way: one Warning and even dismissal can be the result.
Taking your pet into the office: that’s what the courts say
the thing “Dog in the Office” keeps busy Dishes. An employee of an advertising agency wanted her three-legged dog from Russia in the advertising agency where she was working at the time. The head of the agency refused thisalthough other employees also had dogs with them. The reasoning: The employee was Executive Assistant working in the antechamber. Customers could be frightened by the dog or dog food lying around feel disturbed.
The employee is right before the Düsseldorf Labor Court. Without success: The court gave the Head of the advertising agency right. The dog is not allowed in the company. Also in the vocation before the regional labor court in Düsseldorf the clerk failed.
There is also good legal news for dog owners: A company, also in North Rhine-Westphalia, wanted them Working hours of a part-time dog owner on Friday from five to increase seven hours. He had concerns that because of his prolonged absence his dog is not taken care of enough and sued the Hagen Labor Court against the extension of working hours. With success: the court agreed with him and judgedthat it cannot be expected of the dogto stay alone for seven hours plus travel time. the Costs for a dog sitter or kennel would, according to the court, go beyond the scope.
Assistance dogs are always allowed in the workplace
If you because of a handicap on one assistance dog are instructed, you can take it with you to the office. That goes from the Participation Enhancement Act (Partial Tax Act) out, which was amended in 2021 and on Effective January 1, 2022 is.
Assistance dogs include:
- Guide dogs for the blind: They help blind or visually impaired people to find their way around.
- Signal and deaf dogs: They react to sounds, such as the ringing of the telephone or the cries of a baby, and pass the information on to humans through touch.
- Medical signal dogs: They are able to warn chronically ill people of dangerous changes in the body – for example irregularities in the psyche or metabolism.
- service dogs: These include, for example, wheelchair assistance dogs that help people with their mobility.
- combination dogs: These dogs have skills from different assistance areas and support people with multiple disabilities.
Conclusion
If you may or may not take your dog to the officedecides solely of them boss or boss. The company management can also use your dog as a only quadruped banned from the company. If you file a lawsuit, you will have little chance. However, according to one Judgment of the Hagen Labor Court at your working hours considerate of your dog to take. Employees who are dependent on an assistance dog may not be denied access with the dog.
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