Dogs in the Workplace: Benefits and Potential Challenges

EasyChair Preprint 6340, version 2

Abstract

Pet dogs, therapy dogs, and service dogs can be seen with growing frequency in workplaces. While dogs can provide workers and employers with many advantages, their presence can bring additional threats and concerns to the work environment. Therefore, occupational dog adoption decisions should contain multiple factors, including employee fitness, safety and well-being, ethical and cultural sensitivities, and animal welfare. The aim of this paper is to introduce the problem of dogs in the workplace and to outline the possible benefits and difficulties of their presence. The legal accommodations given to some types of dogs in working environments are discussed, and the study results are outlined about the possible advantages of dogs for human well-being.

Keyphrases: Employee welfare, Modern Workplace, animal-assisted activities, animal-assisted initiatives, mental wellbeing

@booklet{EasyChair:6340,
  author    = {Rishav Ranjan},
  title     = {Dogs in the Workplace: Benefits and Potential Challenges},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6340},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}