This post originally appeared in June 2023 and has been reviewed and updated for October 2024.
  1. Be Purr-Real

Generally, your boss can say no to your pet. However, California requires employers to accommodate employees with assistive animals, such as service dogs (or miniature horses) and emotional support animals. So, it might be tempting to claim

Employers know they need to accommodate a disabled employee’s request to bring a service dog to work.  However, what happens when employees claim they are stressed and need to bring their dog to work for emotional support?  Here are the top five questions on emotional support dogs:

 1.  Do we need to allow an employee

Service DogEmployers navigate a morass of federal and state employment laws on a daily basis.  Some of the more vexing and confusing laws are those related to employees with disabilities.  Often it is difficult for employers to know whether an employee is disabled or what the disability could be.  Questions that frequently arise concern whether an