Workplace Health and Safety

Love Woof and Meow is committed to a strong safety program that protects its staff, its property and the public from accidents. Employees at every level, including management, are responsible and accountable for the company’s overall safety initiatives. Complete and active participation by everyone, every day, in every job is necessary for the safety among all workers on the job site. Management supports participation in the program by all employees and provides proper equipment, training and procedures. Employees are responsible for following all procedures, working safely, and, wherever possible, improving safety measures. An injury and accident-free workplace is our goal. Through continuous safety and loss control, we can accomplish this. The safety information in this policy does not take precedence over the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Equal Opportunity Policy

Love Woof and Meow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Employee Code of Conduct Policy

Respect in the workplace

All employees should respect their colleagues. We won’t allow any kind of discriminatory behavior, harassment or victimization. Employees should conform with our equal opportunity policy in all aspects of their work, from recruitment and performance evaluation to interpersonal relations.

Protection of Company Property

All employees should treat our company’s property, whether material or intangible, with respect and care.

Employees:

• Shouldn’t misuse company equipment or use it frivolously.
• Should respect all kinds of incorporeal property. This includes trademarks, copyright and other property (information, reports etc.) Employees should use them only to complete their job duties.

Employees should protect company facilities and other material property from damage and vandalism, whenever possible.

Professionalism

All employees must show integrity and professionalism in the workplace:

• Personal appearance: All employees must follow our dress code and personal appearance guidelines.

• Corruption: We discourage employees from accepting gifts from clients or partners. We prohibit briberies for the benefit of any external or internal party.

• Job duties and authority: All employees should fulfill their job duties with integrity and respect toward customers, stakeholders and the community. Supervisors and managers mustn’t abuse their authority. We expect them to delegate duties to their team members taking into account their competences and workload. Likewise, we expect team members to follow team leaders’ instructions and complete their duties with skill and in a timely manner. We encourage mentoring throughout our company. 

• Absenteeism and tardiness: Employees should follow their schedules. We can make exceptions for occasions that prevent employees from following standard working hours or days. But, generally, we expect employees to be punctual when coming to and leaving from work.

• Conflict of interest: We expect employees to avoid any personal, financial or other interests that might hinder their capability or willingness to perform their job duties.

• Collaboration: Employees should be friendly and collaborative. They should try not to disrupt the workplace or present obstacles to their colleagues’ work.

• Communication: All employees must be open for communication with their colleagues, supervisors or team members.

• Benefits: We expect employees to not abuse their employment benefits. This can refer to time off, insurance, facilities, subscriptions or other benefits our company offers.

• Policies: All employees should read and follow our company policies. If they have any questions, they should ask their managers or Human Resources (HR) department.