Shareholder Jon Hyman recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal about “pawternity leave,” a growing trend of employers offering employees time off to care for a new or sick pet, which some legislatures are considering mandating by law.
“We need to take care of our people first,” says Jon Hyman, a partner at Wickens Herzer Panza in Avon, Ohio, who advises privately owned businesses on employee matters. Many workers still don’t have paid sick leave, he says, and any legal mandate on pet care benefits is bound to drive up companies’ administrative costs. “It’s the legislative hammer that is giving me ‘pause’ here, no pun intended,” he says.”
You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/your-company-pays-for-your-sick-days-should-it-pay-for-your-pets-too-33b6de09
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