April 12th – What do you think about this headline? Should employees be given time off for the death of a pet?
In the United States, 62% of the population owns a pet, and 97% of them consider their animal a member of the family.
According to Axios, some private companies offer bereavement leave for pets, no different from human family members.
said attorney Clint Barkdoll. Employees love it, of course, but employers also see the benefits. ”
NewsTalk 103.7FM's Michele Jansen claimed: What are we doing to this country? We are making spiritual fools of ourselves. We are emotional idiots who cannot handle even the slightest pain. I think it's hard to lose an animal. I lost my pet. Understood. But I'm sorry. No, I can't go to catering. There's a great book called The Coddling of the American Mind that I recommend everyone who understands what we're doing to people should read it. You have to learn how to endure. life. Life isn't difficult. There are many disappointments in life. If we are going to rush, we need to spend time away from the world every time something bad happens. In other words, it's different if the person who died was a family member. Everyone can understand how important that is. We have to stop imposing the idea that nothing in life is out of our hands. So what happens next? Yesterday, my favorite clothes got dirty and I need them on the day of the bereavement to go to the cleaners. Again, I know it's not exactly the same thing. But this trend will continue on this path. We are no longer mature adults. We don't have the ability to deal with anything. ”
“The other thing that struck me when I saw this yesterday is I don't think it would be far-fetched to see this in contract negotiations,” Barkdoll said. So you might start thinking of this as part of his benefits, which is his XYZ bereavement leave, which includes the death of a pet. That seems to be where we are now. ”
