The Law Society is inviting solicitors and human resources (HR) managers to attend webinars on flexible working as part of the National Work-Life Week, which runs from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.
Flexible working is being used increasingly during the economic slowdown to cut employment costs and redundancies. It can also bring other benefits, from improving employee motivation to increasing productivity.
With this in mind, the Law Society has developed a Flexible Working Protocol*, setting out the business case for flexible working for legal practices as well as providing best practice guidance, and is now partnering with Working Families to deliver the webinars to help lawyers and their managers make flexible working work for them.
The webinar for solicitors, which will take place on Friday 28 September and is free to attend, will guide legal professionals on how to strike a better balance between work and private life.
The one-hour webinar will provide practical guidance on how to effectively manage priorities and ambitions. Solicitors will also be given tools and techniques to improve their impact within the workplace when working from home or shorter hours.
The session for HR and people managers, which will take place on Monday 24 September and is free for Law Society Equality and Diversity Section** members, will explain how organisational flexibility has become strategically important for firms and how it can drive performance even in already high-performing teams.
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Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said:
'Flexible working isn't something that law firms or lawyers should be scared of. It doesn’t mean that you have to be constantly checking your Blackberry after office hours or that your employees will be slacking off.
'In challenging times, flexible working can bring great benefits to firms, whilst also helping their employees strike a better work-life balance.'
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The Law Society is the independent professional body, established for solicitors in 1825, that works globally to support and represent its members, promoting the highest professional standards and the rule of law.
* The Flexible Working Protocol, which helps firms implement flexible working practices, is part of the Law Society's Diversity and Inclusion Charter.
** The Equality and Diversity Section is a network for solicitors in private practice and in-house committed to equality and diversity that helps them keep up to date on best practice and latest industry news. Join the Equality and Diversity Section.
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