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    D&I in the legal sector: How can we accelerate progress?

    by James Lavan 10 Apr 2024
    by James Lavan 10 Apr 2024

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

    • Legal sector
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    Decision not to raise solicitors’ pay was unlawful

    by Jo Faragher 31 Jan 2024
    by Jo Faragher 31 Jan 2024

    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.

    • Hybrid working
    • Legal sector
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    Law firm uses gate data in hybrid working clampdown

    by Rob Moss 16 Jan 2024
    by Rob Moss 16 Jan 2024

    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.

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    Burges Salmon takes home 2023 Employment Law Firm of the Year

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023

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

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    Solicitors’ bodies urge lawyers to join Unite

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023

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

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    Social Mobility Employers Index: Unpaid internships continue

    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2023

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

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    Risk concerns hold back adoption of AI by professional services

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023

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

    • Social mobility
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    Social class and nepotism issues in accessing work experience

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jun 2023

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

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    Law firm partner fined £45k for lewd song

    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2023
    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2023

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

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    GMB opens first branch for judges

    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2023
    by Jo Faragher 8 Feb 2023

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

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    • Pay settlements

    Prosecuting barristers’ pay increases 15%

    by Rob Moss 6 Feb 2023
    by Rob Moss 6 Feb 2023

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

    • Employee relations
    • Financial services
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    Workplace couture prompts awkward questions

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2023

    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.

    • Employment law
    • Legal sector
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    UK Twitter workers allege redundancy was a ‘sham’

    by Rob Moss 12 Jan 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Jan 2023

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

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    Norton Rose Fulbright names chief people officer for EMEA

    by Zoe Wickens 3 Jan 2023
    by Zoe Wickens 3 Jan 2023

    Kate Evans has been appointed chief people officer for EMEA at the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.

    • Social mobility
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    Law firms dominate Social Mobility Index, but overall quality declines

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2022

    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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