Employment

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Littler appoints diversity head with mission to foster 'culture of empowerment'

Senior lawyer Paul Bateman takes up high-level role reporting to MD Erin Webber
COMMENTARY

Law firm directory submissions are a crucial weapon in the drive to improve diversity

It is critical the profession's leaders ensure D&I ambitions underpin their firms' approach to the directories, argues Clare Murray
LAW FIRM LEADERSHIP

Houston partner chosen as first woman of colour to chair Norton Rose Fulbright

US employment head Shauna Clark pledges to promote racial equality, diversity and inclusion
PARTNER HIRE

White & Case raids Weil Gotshal for Hong Kong debt finance partner

New York firm boosts sponsor finance capabilities with arrival of private equity specialist Daniel Abercromby
TEAM HIRE

Heuking hires eight-strong employment team from Dentons in Berlin

Healthcare group climbs on board leading German independent
ALLIANCE

Littler strikes deal with Spanish firm Abdón Pedrajas in latest European move

Partnership is US firm's 10th in Europe, following agreements in Poland and Austria earlier this year
COMMENTARY

How Covid-19 is changing the European workplace

Pandemic has challenged attitudes towards remote work, writes Stephan Swinkels
COMMENTARY

Preparing for the UK's new job support scheme - the devil is in the detail

New measures to protect jobs are more complex than the current furlough arrangements, reports Marie Hoolihan
BOUTIQUE LAUNCH

Madrid employment team leaves DWF to set up five-partner boutique

Split with listed UK firm comes less than a year after its acquisition of Spain independent RCD
FLEXIBLE WORKING

Linklaters launches permanent agile working policy built on Covid-19 lessons

Employees able to work away from the office up to half of the time by prior agreement
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION

Nearly quarter of lawyers fear impact of digitalisation and AI on legal profession, survey finds

The MOSAIC Mood Index also shows the vast majority of lawyers are taking work-related stress home with them
CORONAVIRUS

McCann FitzGerald and William Fry cut pay as Covid-19 reverses Brexit optimism in Ireland

Dr David Cowan reports on how the Irish legal profession is responding to coronavirus
CORONAVIRUS

Staff welfare, supply chain and privacy: the coronavirus-related issues keeping GCs awake at night

Linklaters, Baker McKenzie and Ropes & Gray have published the most sought-after briefings, according to Lexology
DISABILITIES

The invisible lawyers: report highlights regime of hostility and discrimination for disabled

Legal professionals hide their disability when applying for jobs while firms are risk averse when hiring, according to a major UK study
THE UK BAR

Major survey of UK barristers claims Bar is reaching 'breaking point'

Barristers need to rethink their practices with technology know-how and skills lacking, says new research.

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