RDWS-DT-01 · Defined Term 12
An animal the employer is required by law to accommodate; its rights sit above the standard and are never overridden by it.
An animal the employer is required by law to accommodate; its rights sit above the standard and are never overridden by it.
Part of the Roch Dog Workplace Standard (RDWS-01) · Published by Roch Dog
An assistance or service animal, and any animal an employer is required by law to accommodate, whose rights are governed by applicable law and sit outside and above this standard. Nothing in the standard limits those rights.
In an employment context this protection is not limited to narrowly defined service animals; where the law treats an animal as a reasonable accommodation, the standard defers to that. The standard's terms, including the co-worker opt-out, apply to companion dogs only.
These animals are not pets and are not governed by this standard. Where the law requires accommodation, the law decides, and a colleague's objection and a protected animal that cannot both be met in one space go to the legal accommodation process, not to us.