NSW Department of Communities and Justice workers rallying against Minns’ WFH directive

NSW Premier Chris Minns’ Workplace Presence policy is facing further pushback, this time from public sector workers...

10 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firms have potential liability for workers’ compensation claims for WFH staff

This year, we are likely to see increased debate and possibly case law on employees’ right to work from home. As...

23 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Return-to-office mandates will see top performers depart

The research supporting the productivity benefits of working from home is, at best, patchy. However, employers should...

07 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

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

Partners optimistic about development of next-gen leaders

Nearly one year ago, Lawyers Weekly spoke with BigLaw partners across the country about concerns that junior lawyers...

28 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firms not offering flexibility will become ‘2nd and 3rd-tier choices’ for candidates

In a candidate-driven legal market, firms that don’t make flexibility the norm post-pandemic will be unlikely to...

08 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

WFH post-pandemic considered more ethical than not amid rising case numbers

Employers who fail to make flexible working part of their culture are considered more unethical in the face of...

21 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

Do lawyers have to choose between working at home or the office?

Where to be, or not to be? That is the question for many legal professionals right now, writes Jeremy

11 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Flexibility is not cost-free’, partners warn junior lawyers

Partners across the country are worried that the next generation of leaders in law will be at a disadvantage, as the...

27 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Most small firms now work from home, most of the week

New research reveals that more than half of SME law firms are operating from home at least half the week, with one in...

05 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

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

What is your hybrid strategy?

At one point in the middle of lockdowns, when everyone one was pretty much working from home, we were never going back...

01 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Onus on the employee’ to make shorter weeks work

Lawyers who have the option of practising in non-traditional time frames — such as four-day weeks or nine-day...

12 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The office’s role as law firms’ ‘silent partner’

The war for talent is one of the legal industry’s biggest challenges and, even in the age of hybrid working, the...

22 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Rigid office return directives ‘unlikely to work’

Instead of taking too strong a stance on how and where lawyers should be working, firms must appreciate that there is a...

13 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Saving money by WFH: Who’s benefiting and how

Lawyers Weekly asked the profession whether working from home has been financially rewarding. With almost...

10 June 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Is WFH the new sick leave?

Seeking to better understand if lawyers are using sick leave when they’re unwell or if working-from-home arrangements...

23 May 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Lawyers want WFH, clients want in-person meetings: A modern workplace conundrum

Your solicitors want to work from home, but your clients want to meet face to face — how can modern law firms manage...

19 May 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

How junior lawyers can get the most out of remote working

Remote working is most taxing on junior lawyers, yet it is the topic least examined from a junior perspective, writes...

16 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy