A law firm partner has been fined £45,000 after singing a lewd song to a colleague at a Christmas party.
Legal sector
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The GMB union has opened its first branch for judges – a sector not usually associated with trade union representation....
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Prosecuting barristers' pay increases in line with their counterparts on the defence, the director of public prosecutions confirms.
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A law firm wants its employees to be ‘wildly fabulous’ and dress to impress at work. Meanwhile, an HR firm has delved online to discover the most awkward questions asked by workers.
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Former Twitter workers in the UK have sought legal advice over their recent redundancies, which they have described as a...
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Kate Evans has been appointed chief people officer for EMEA at the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Alan Milburn: despite the forward moves made by many firms there were still problems and that this year had seen a reduction in the quality of many submissions
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More female lawyers in the UK than men are dissatisfied with their employers – to the extent that 36% are at risk of leaving their firm over the next two years.
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New research has shown that 25% of corporate legal departments now use diversity data when deciding which law firms they work with.
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How Irwin Mitchell won the Employment Law Firm of the Year category of the Personnel Today Awards 2022.
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Law Society says the government's failure to grant a 15% rise in fees for criminal defence work as recommended by a government review is ‘baffling’.
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The last thing businesses will want to do is to compound their financial problems with avoidable errors in the redundancy process that render cost-saving dismissals unfair.
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The Social Mobility Foundation will publish a report showing that law firms are missing out on talent and profit by not taking graduates from non-professional family backgrounds.
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Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end strike action after accepting a government pay offer of a 15% pay rise.
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Recent strike highlights the widening pay gap between commercial and criminal legal sectors.