There are a number of reasons not to allow pets in the workplace. From For Some Co-Workers, Bringing Fido to Office Has Become Pet Peeve:
Allergies are high on his list. Several years ago, he says, a client company installed a $2,500 air-filtration system after an employee complained to the California office of OSHA about a pet-dander allergy, but the system didn’t stop the staffer’s sneezing.
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For Anna Pamula, owner of Renu Day Spa in Deerfield, Ill., this meant no longer taking Beaujolais, her Cavalier King Charles spaniel, to the office after he placed his jaws on the face of a customer’s child. The child wasn’t harmed, but the incident gave everyone a scare. “I learned my lesson,” says Ms. Pamula. Now, she just takes Philip, a “very overweight, very passive” pug, and she keeps a close eye on him.Pets can also embarrass their owners in other ways. John O. Morisano, a principal of Sunshine, a small New York investment company, recalls a breakfast meeting attended by Milton, his partner’s now-deceased husky. When a visiting executive denied the dog a bagel at the boardroom table, the dog walked over to a row of briefcases, sniffed out the offending executive’s and relieved himself.