Peternity leave


A novel form of special leave has been introduced by pet supplies retailer Pets at Home. Employees in its 8,200 workforce will be allowed one paid day off per year when they welcome a new dog, cat or horse into their family. 


It is part of a range of flexible benefits that the firm says it is introducing from next month, in addition to existing benefits: having a birthday day off, an extra week’s holiday when getting married, and a charity day each year.


The other new provisions are an additional one day’s leave when moving house (“New Roost Leave”); and an extra day’s leave for parents to use to help their children move out of home for the first time (“Flying the Nest Leave”).

https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/issues/march-online-2017-2/pets-home-launch-new-leave-benefits-staff