[nagdu] Dogs at work

[Tami Jarvis]

Barb,

There are relatively few situations in which an employer could legally 
require you to crate your dog away from you while you are at work. The 
employer is required to make reasonable accommodations for the dog, 
unless the presence of the dog causes a direct threat to the health and 
safety of others or it causes undue hardship. Um... Others can quote the 
exact phrasing better, but that's it in general as I understand it.

Unless there is some real compelling reason for your boss's position, I 
would think he/she is not being legal.

It might help to give more specific answers if we knew more about your 
work environment. Do you work at a desk or counter? Is there a place for 
the dog near where you do your work or most of it? A lot of people will 
keep the dog under their desk, unless they have their own office and can 
have a bed or crate for the dog. In other environments, I've heard of 
some fairly creative solutions. But the dog should be near you where you 
can keep an eye on it and manage it, where you can use it as needed, and 
in case of emergency.

It seems a lot of the schools have people who can assist with 
access-related issues, as well, so that might be of help when you get a dog.

Good luck!

Tami



On 12/01/2013 06:50 PM, barbandzoe at comcast.net wrote:
>
> I am almost ready to send my application in to a couple of guide Dog schools, when my boss said,  we would have to crate the dog on a different floor then the one i work on.  I don't know about you, but I am  not happy about that, and don't like it.   I don't want the dog somewhere that I can't keep an eye on things.  I don't know who can go up where the dog is and bother him.  If I can't have my dog where I know what is going on around him, then I don't think I will apply for one.
> Am I wrong in this thinking, or do many people who have dogs have them crated far away from where you work.  I know that guide dogs are a loud everywhere, but what are rules for where they are kept while at work.
>
> I just don't know what to do.
>
> Barb
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