Would you be allowed time off work if your dog died?

[MasuMara]

Maybe I'm being harsh, as I know it's a family member and not a pet.

But to have time off work ... I'm not so sure I'm that understanding.

Sorry meant to post this in chat

no chance where i work my friend wasnt allowed more than two days off when her mom died and much as dogs are family members its not like a human dying

This would never be allowed in any place I've ever worked.

I teach and would probably be punished with the fires of satan himself if I dared take time off for a deceased pet.

I sent one of my team home from work when her dog died - she was in bits and wouldn't have been very productive. She was fine the next day.

I'd imagine most employers would grant a day or two short notice annual leave. Paid leave, no.

You would at my place.

Annual leave yes. Definitely not bereavement leave.

I can imagine my boss sending someone home on sick leave if they weren't fit to work, yes. I think a day would be the max.

I was when someone took time off somewhere I worked because of a dead cat. It was not the kind of place anyone took time off for anything! And I admit I wasn't very impressed.

In my current job it wouldn't be such a problem

I have allowed paid leave for my staff - some have been very distraught at the loss of a family member (which their pet was to them, regardless of my opinion) and are not fit to work.

Who died? I'm not sure from the op. Most Companies allow for Parents/Grandparents /Siblings. I have never heard of a business giving time off for the death of a pet, especially not paid leave.

I phoned my boss on the night my cat died and he let me have a paid day off without using leave but that was because the number of hours I was owed in unpaid overtime

I think in our office you'd be allowed to go home if upset or not come in following a pet loss but it would have to be taken as leave or flexi. How else could it be recorded? You certainly couldn't say it was compassionate leave.

Out of my holidays, yes, and I will be doing exactly that, otherwise, no chance

I wouldn't even ask.

It would have to have been taken as holiday or unpaid.

I didn't get Bereavement Leave, but I was allowed to keep things ticking over from home until I was able to go in.

I would offer paid leave or TOIL, yes, although I would take into consideration all the circumstances. I have known the death of a pet retrigger grief for the loss of a human family member, for instance, so if there were additional things going on in the background that warranted compassionate leave I would offer this.

If someone really couldnt work because they were that upset, I would see if if we could sort annual leave.

Otherwise it would be unpaid.

No, but I was brought several cups of tea the morning after my dog was pts. No-one commented about the few times when I had to disappear for a few minutes at the end of my lunch hour to re-do my make up either. It would never have occurred to me to ask for time off tbh.

Annual leave probably. Or sick leave. But we have a very nice manager who understands it would be very sad

^ by 'paid leave' above I mean annual leave, sorry.

There was a thread like this a few months ago; general consensus was people should take holiday or some arrangement should be reached, but in general yes many people who own pets would need time off. I was literally destroyed after my dog died, I needed a lot of support and I was shocked - if anyone had told me how I would react I would have thought they were mad. It was the most awful grief I've ever known, blew me away. I know from posting on here about it I am far from alone. I am self employed and I took about a month off, my choice, I was so lucky my best friend gave me a gift of some money to live on as she felt the same about her pet. However, had you been my colleague, your "understanding" would have been gratefully received if given freely, but certainly not have been sought or required. My pet, my pain. Before it happened to me, I am not sure I would have understood either.

One of my colleagues had a paid fortnight off when she lost her dog.

It was a very generous employer and the boss reasoned that as she had no children, she'd never had any time off for caring responsibilities.

My mother died earlier this year. I didn't need or take any time off. Bereavement is such a difficult topic - blanket rules don't apply.