The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) permits qualifying employees of certain employers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off to treat a serious medical condition or to care for an immediate family member with a serious medical condition.
One of the differences about having a pet in a classroom vs. at home is that a classroom is noisier and the pet must become used to many people. This can be stressful on some animals, and we want to keep stress on our pet to a minimum.
1 Pets and animals (29%). 2  Pets and animals can be tricky to deal with directly, since it is the animal that is causing the problem and not the owner. 3  But many times the issue stems from the owner's failure to properly handle or train his animal. 4  Children's behavior (21%).