Legal sector

A major new initiative has been launched to improve social mobility when it comes to recruitment into senior jobs in the City.

Businesses are starting to see the Home Office ramp-up compliance activity around sponsor licences. How should they respond, asks our expert

Processing times at the Home Office for those wishing to join family working in the UK have doubled, leaving those with job offers in the UK having to renegotiate starting dates.

Between 1 June and 31 August, the PwC's 22,000 staff will be able to stop working at lunchtime.

Staff at law firm Stephenson Harwood can choose to permanently work from home with less pay.

Since December 2021, the EHRC's Race Legal Support Fund has been available to lawyers representing victims of racial discrimination.

Law firm Irwin Mitchell will give most staff a £900 one-off payment this month to help them deal with the...

What should employers consider when implementing initiatives to support and enhance the wellbeing of their employees?

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed changes to its rules that would explicitly require law firms to challenge employees who...

Criminal barristers have voted almost unanimously in favour of industrial action over what they describe as ‘chronic underfunding’ of the criminal justice system.

A lawyer has been fined and reprimanded after describing female barristers as ‘hysterical’ and ‘overemotional’.

Diversity within law firms is improving, but larger firms are lagging behind smaller ones across several measures.

The Midlands-based workers faced having their wages cut as part of a change to their terms and conditions of employment by Tesco.

The European Court of Human Rights stated that Gareth Lee's 'gay cake' case had failed to exhaust domestic remedies.

Professional services firms take a more liberal approach to working from home guidance under Plan B.