The announcement comes at the end of a three-month redundancy consultation launched by DLA Piper on 31 May that originally anticipated around 200 job cuts in the UK. The cuts will affect workers in the firm’s IT, finance, HR, marketing, business development and secretarial teams and account for around 16 per cent of DLA Piper’s 1,100-strong business services workforce in the UK. The mass-redundancy is one of the largest seen at any law firm since the aftermath of the global financial crisis and comes in the wake of DLA Piper’s decision to shift many business services positions to a new lower-cost hub in Warsaw, which was launched last November.
Ongoing support
DLA Piper recruited redeployment company Renovo to assist with the redundancy process. Laid-off employees will be offered three months of personalised career coaching and six months of support with interview skills, CV preparation and job hunting. Additionally, axed employees will be given access to mental health and wellbeing support services for a period of six months.
Sources: Legal Business; Legal Week
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