Apr 29, 2022
Since the advent of work-from-home arrangements, much has been
made of the danger of losing the “water cooler conversation” for
the sake of professional development. According to one employment
and industrial relations partner, however, there are issues across
the board that employers and employees alike must promptly grapple
with.
On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
is joined by Piper Alderman partner Joe Murphy to discuss the
myriad and ongoing changes to the nature of work in workplace and
employment issues, what we mean by hybrid working arrangements, and
the various issues and challenges that he sees arising from the
mainstreaming of such arrangements in a post-pandemic market, for
the purposes of different lawyer demographics.
Mr Murphy also outlines the potential solutions and strategies to
the hurdles that he is foreseeing, whether leaders have to redefine
what professional development is for those coming through the
ranks, the need to balance personal needs against legislative
constraints, and obligations upon individual lawyers to ensure
their professional development isn’t hampered.