Legal sector

Refusal to attend the office for at least three days a week will lead to partners at one City law firm with negative performance reviews.

A law firm receptionist who could not answer the phone with the correct name has lost her claims for harassment and discrimination.

How can law firms really address diversity and inclusion in a sector that has traditionally lagged behind?

The High Court has ruled that a decision by Dominic Raab to increase defence solicitors’ pay by less than he had been advised broke the law.

Slaughter and May monitors entry and exit data from its office gates in bid to force staff to limit working from home to two days.

Burges Salmon won the 2023 Employment Law Firm of the Year title at the Personnel Today Awards. 

The ‘dire state’ of the UK’s criminal justice system has led both criminal solicitors’ associations to urge lawyers to join union Unite.

PwC tops the Social Mobility Employers Index again but Social Mobility Foundation calls on government to tackle unpaid internships.

Research across professional services firms, including in the legal sector, has revealed confusion over the adoption of generative AI.

A survey of 2,000 young people by KPMG found that social class and nepotism have a major role in accessing work experience.

A law firm partner has been fined £45,000 after singing a lewd song to a colleague at a Christmas party.

The GMB union has opened its first branch for judges – a sector not usually associated with trade union representation....

Prosecuting barristers' pay increases in line with their counterparts on the defence, the director of public prosecutions confirms.

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.

Former Twitter workers in the UK have sought legal advice over their recent redundancies, which they have described as a...