What Dutton’s WFH backflip says about ‘workplace non-negotiables’

After locking in a five-day return-to-office mandate for public sector workers as a major campaign policy, Peter Dutton...

09 April 2025

By Kace O'Neill

Will the Friday long lunch ever return for lawyers?

Following the pandemic-induced boom in hybrid working and deserted CBDs on Fridays, which elements of post-pandemic...

01 December 2023

By Lauren Croft

Will flexibility and WFH die out in 2024?

Following a recent Fair Work Commission decision ruling in favour of an employer declining a request to work from home...

30 November 2023

By Lauren Croft

50+ hour weeks remain too common for lawyers

Law has always been a vocation that imposes a greater volume of work than the average profession. However, in the...

26 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

Will Australian law firms mandate office time?

After emerging from the pandemic — and with a potential recession on the horizon — a number of industries are...

21 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

Styling for lawyers in a hybrid working world

The days of suits, ties and heels as the expectation for a “nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday” existence is gone, as...

09 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

How to make hybrid work, work

Legal workplaces must be sure to optimise the “new world” hybrid model in a dynamic environment, write Professor...

01 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Aussie in-house teams more likely to be in-office than global counterparts

New research shows that law departments in the Asia-Pacific region have gone back into the office in greater numbers...

16 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Far-reaching benefits of a flexible working model

For lawyers chasing a more flexible working life, having an open and honest stream of communication is the first step,...

14 April 2023

By Lauren Croft

Is ‘loud leaving’ the newest wellness trend for law firms?

As employee wellbeing and work/life balance emerge as the norm for modern workplaces, “loud leaving” is a trend...

31 March 2023

By Lauren Croft

How (and why) lawyers should master hybrid working

As hybrid working is set to be a key trend within the legal profession this year, this legal co-founder has said that...

09 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Is consulting now ‘the 3rd career path for lawyers’?

Inflation may be influencing lawyers’ decisions to work more from home, but such economic pressure is just one in a...

09 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Lawyers are not interchangeable’

Whilst hybrid working is an inevitable part of the post-pandemic working environment, the human-connection element of...

09 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

The changes needed to entice lawyers back to the office

The office of a law firm ‘wasn't always the perfect place to be’ pre-pandemic. Although firms are implementing...

01 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

Is Thursday the new Friday?

With more people than ever choosing to work from home on Fridays amid the rising popularity of nine-day fortnights, is...

15 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Why these BigLaw firms aren’t mandating in-office work

As we enter a post-pandemic environment and workplaces start to usher employees back, BigLaw firms are offering a...

24 May 2022

By Lauren Croft

What returns to offices could look like

Striking the right balance will be critical for any legal employer looking to bring staff back into a physical office...

20 May 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Is WFH costing junior lawyers learning opportunities?

If senior legal practitioners are working from home, do junior lawyers miss out on learning opportunities? Are there...

16 May 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

How to successfully implement a remote-working model

For remote working to work well for firms, there need to be regular check-ins with employees and clients, good team...

05 May 2022

By Lauren Croft

Hybrid working challenges for the modern law firm

Digging beneath the surface of hybrid working, one will uncover many challenges for today’s law firms, argues one...

03 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy