Feb 16, 2024
The passage of “Right to Disconnect” laws in Australia will be
the latest addition to the ongoing discourse around the ways in
which professional services workers, including lawyers, should
undertake their duties. Here, we check in on the state of affairs
and why being “deliberate” is so important.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
welcomes back Hall & Wilcox partner Fay Calderone to discuss what’s
happening on the ground with regard to the debate around working
arrangements for lawyers, the intersection between legal
compliance, safety and flexibility, why workplaces must be
“deliberate” about how they are leading and managing staff and
their idiosyncratic needs, and the likelihood of court proceedings
around workplace relations increasing in the near future.
Ms Calderone also reflects on the pertinent lessons learnt for
business leaders coming into the new year, whether firms are
implementing a “wait-and-see” approach to top-down approaches, the
reasonableness of wanting staff back in the office, the need for
more organic and empathetic approaches, where such staff management
sits in the triage of urgent responsibilities for law firm
partners, and how employees can be navigating such conversations
with their employers.
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