Law firms 'inflexible and damaging talent'
Mon 13 Oct 2008
City law firms have inflexible working conditions and are damaging the sector's talent, research has suggested.
A study, to be published tomorrow by City law firm Addleshaw Goddard, claims the companies are suspicious about home working and could become less flexible, the Times has reported.
It revealed the study will say law firms could tighten their belts even further, be less willing to allow flexible working, and further damage the recruitment and retention of talented individuals.
The study will call for more teamworking, improved communication with clients and less emphasis to be placed on workers being in the office.
Under UK law anyone can apply for flexible working provided they meet the government's criteria.
Flexible working includes part-time work, job sharing, home working and flexi-time.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, however, is not a fan. He recently described it as a "euphemism for sloth, apathy, staring out of the window and random surfing of the internet".
Workers in call centre jobs in Liverpool may have difficulty in home working, because of the type of employment they have.
