Un-Paid Leaves For New Born Pets

Pet Care

oi-Staff

By Staff

Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:00

Here is some great news for the pet lovers. A brand new 'pert-ernity' leave will be granted to those people who wish to look after their new born puppies and kittens.

The employees of the Virgin Mobile who have worked with the company for two or more years are allowed special leaves to take care of their new-born pets that are required to be at least 10 weeks old.

However, the unpaid leaves are only confined to the species of dogs and cats and cannot be applied for nakes, rats, turtles, fish and iguanas.

"I will be using it. I am introducing two new puppies into my household in about four months' time," the Daily Telegraph quoted Virgin Mobile's human resources director Angela Foskett as saying.

She added: "There is probably not as much need for pet-ernity leave for fish or rats, although we do have quite a number of people in our call centres who have snakes as pets. They are not as high need or high maintenance." AGENCIES