Maurice Blackburn changes striking staff’s ‘out-of-office’ emails

According to Maurice Blackburn employees engaged in today’s (6 March) industrial action, the national plaintiff law...

06 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Gender pay gap laws aren’t working, women say

New laws requiring big businesses to publish their gender pay gaps are not fixing the broader issues, according to a...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

The ‘inflation-busting’ salaries Aussie lawyers can expect in London

It’s “no secret” that the salaries on offer for practitioners are much higher in the UK capital than Down Under....

20 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The ‘inflation-busting’ salaries Aussie lawyers can expect in London

It’s “no secret” that the salaries on offer for practitioners are much higher in the UK capital than Down Under....

18 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Tax cuts may mean lower salary increases for lawyers in FY24–25

The revised stage-three tax cuts, together with other market factors, may well provide justification for employers not...

14 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Male lawyers more likely to rate their remuneration highly

New findings from Lawyers Weekly and Agile Market Intelligence demonstrate that men in law are more inclined to...

04 March 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Women more likely to see gender pay gap in law than men

Today (27 February), the gender pay data of Australia’s biggest employers will be made public by the Workplace Gender...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will the release of gender pay gap data impact legal recruitment activity?

Ahead of the publication of the gender pay gaps of Australian employers with more than 100 workers later this week,...

26 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Could a ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ model work in Australia?

In an age of increased and flexible working arrangements, workers appear increasingly receptive to lower remuneration...

29 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Bonuses, promotions and court claims: What’s hot in law this week (12-16 June)

Legal news isn’t showing any signs of slowing down as EOFY approaches. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest...

17 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Not surprising’: GCs seeing big remuneration, bonus increases

With risk management experts in such demand for governance purposes, general counsel and company secretaries are seeing...

14 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

ESG accountability high priority for shareholders, new report says

ASX 300 company remuneration reports have received the highest level of investor support in a number of years, while...

14 March 2023

By Lauren Croft

Legal salaries are slowing down

While there may still be some pay increases for legal professionals in 2023, salaries will almost certainly not...

03 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Increased pay transparency to combat gender pay gap

What do new bans on pay secrecy clauses mean for firms — and for the gender pay gap? These partners weigh...

16 January 2023

By Lauren Croft

IR bill to ‘drive greater transparency’ in lawyers’ salaries

The newly introduced Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill will keep law firms and other legal employers accountable for pay...

04 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

HSF to make one-off 5% of salary payment to all staff

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has made numerous calls on salaries moving forward, including opting to...

09 March 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy