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    Fears over skills as visa application times double for spouses

    by Adam McCulloch 12 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 12 May 2022

    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.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Legal sector

    PwC staff to benefit from extended summer hours policy

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2022

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

    • Hybrid working
    • Legal sector
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    Law firm says staff can work from home with 20% less pay

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2022

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

    • Employment law
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    EHRC’s legal fund for tackling race discrimination: what employers need to know

    by Ranjit Dhindsa 21 Apr 2022
    by Ranjit Dhindsa 21 Apr 2022

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

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    Law firm pays out £900 to help with cost of living

    by Jo Faragher 20 Apr 2022
    by Jo Faragher 20 Apr 2022

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

    • Legal sector
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    How workplace culture should support employees’ wellbeing

    by Katherine Maxwell 13 Apr 2022
    by Katherine Maxwell 13 Apr 2022

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

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    • Legal sector

    New rules proposed to outlaw bullying culture in law firms

    by Jo Faragher 14 Mar 2022
    by Jo Faragher 14 Mar 2022

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

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    Barristers vote to decline work unless ‘chronic underfunding’ is addressed

    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2022
    by Personnel Today 14 Mar 2022

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

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    Lawyer fined and reprimanded for ‘hysterical’ women comments

    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2022
    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2022

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

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    Smaller law firms lead on diversity while larger outfits lag behind

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2022

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

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    Union defeats Tesco at High Court in fire and rehire case

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022

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

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    • Financial services
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    Working from home: businesses to allow staff into offices to protect mental health

    by Personnel Today 10 Dec 2021
    by Personnel Today 10 Dec 2021

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

    • Hybrid working
    • Legal sector
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    Virtual law firms see 38% jump in recruitment

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2021

    Decentralised law firms benefit from the 'work anywhere' ethos and boom in online meetings.

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
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    Hybrid working, attrition and culture: The role of HR post-Covid

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2021

    HR must work with business leaders, managers and partners to develop successful hybrid working cultures after being thrust into the...

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    Law firm dislodges PwC to top 2021 social mobility index

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Dec 2021

    The fifth annual Social Mobility Index, published last week, was the biggest yet, with 203 organisations representing 1.35 million people taking part.

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