I love my Golden Retriever, Abby. I really do. But this development below is a bit too much, especially for this management-side attorney.

Is it possible that employees in Florida soon may be eligible to take a leave of absence to care for their pets when the pets themselves are victims of violence or threats of violence? As Eric Meyer at the Employer Handbook reports, it is indeed!

Under Florida state law, employees currently are eligible to take leave if the employee or a family or household member is the victim of “domestic violence” and the leave requested relates to the domestic violence. However, pets in Florida may soon have some protections, too!