Legal sector

Purplebricks and Yopa face class action from agents over employment rights.

Low mood and depression is afflicting 69% of legal employees, finds a survey by LawCare.

Royds Withy King has launched a new pregnancy loss policy that offers two weeks’ paid leave following pregnancy loss before 24 weeks.

Ashurst has set itself new “inclusion, diversity and belonging” targets for gender, ethnicity and LGBT+ at partner and senior leadership...

Proposals expected in response to explosion of flexible working arrangements put in place during Covid pandemic.

KPMG is aiming for nearly a third of its partners and directors to come from a working class background by 2030.

The government is looking to recoup a suspected £7bn of fraudulent or erroneous Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims, says tax specialist.

Serviced office giant IWG says it has seen strong demand for hybrid working solutions and was cautiously optimistic about the rest of the fiscal year.

Almost two-thirds of the UK’s lawyers now want to work flexible hours compared with less than a quarter before the Covid pandemic.

Employers hoping to bring back staff to offices face difficult legal questions, writes Joseph Lappin.

This week, Oven-Ready HR returns to the SME and start-up market. Professional services such as legal advice are notoriously expensive...

The ban was justified, said the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, by an employer's need to present a neutral image.

The law firm is testing a range of working arrangements for junior lawyers such as job shares and school holiday leave.

Clifford Chance and Cooley have for the first time included fertility benefits within their staff benefit packages.

Law firm Kingsley Napley has formalised a policy that offers paid time off work to all staff affected by pregnancy loss.