RDWS-DT-01 · Defined Term 1

Dog-Friendly Workplace

A workplace that welcomes dogs through published policy, consistent terms, no breed or size bans, welfare provision, and genuine protection for colleagues who cannot share space with a dog.

Definition

A workplace that welcomes dogs through published policy, consistent terms, no breed or size bans, welfare provision, and genuine protection for colleagues who cannot share space with a dog.

Part of the Roch Dog Workplace Standard (RDWS-01) · Published by Roch Dog

An employer that, at a place of work where employees may bring their own dogs during the working day, permits dogs as published policy applied consistently; does not exclude ordinary household dogs by blanket breed or size rule; provides or enables the conditions a dog needs to spend the working day safely and well; and protects the colleagues who cannot, or choose not to, share space with a dog.

The term describes a workplace where dogs are genuinely welcomed and the people around them are genuinely protected, not one that simply tolerates a dog by a manager's favour.

Roch Interpretation

A dog friendly workplace is judged on whether a dog can actually spend the day there well and whether the people around it are looked after, not on whether the careers page says dogs are welcome. Letting dogs in is the start, not the test.

Published by Roch Dog RDWS-DT-01 · Last updated 2026-05-26