For in-house counsel, safety in numbers; survey shows Ernst & Young's legal department cutback not typical

Article Abstract:

Accounting firm Ernst & Young's firing of half its legal department is probably not a harbinger of mass staff-cutting in corporate legal departments. In fact, Price Waterhouse released a survey in Nov 1994 showing that 37% of corporate legal departments surveyed had increased their staffs the previous year. According to the American Corporate Counsel Assn, corporate counsel have amounted to some 10% of the legal community for the last 2 decades and small and medium-sized departments still have potential for growth.

Attorneys, Human resource management, Corporate counsel, Ernst & Young L.L.P.

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More firms offer benefits for gay couples: managers say fairness concerns prompted change; low cost was a surprise

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Several major law firms in Washington, DC; California; and New York are providing benefits for employees' unwed partners, mainly targeting gay couples. Many of the firms decided to provide the benefits because of fairness and yet had difficulty getting insurance companies to offer them. After a test period, one insurance company found the benefits were no more expensive than for married heterosexual couples. However, few gays apply for the benefits for fear of suffering from anti-gay bias.

California, Washington, D.C., Insurance, Unmarried couples, New York (State)

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In the family way

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Family-friendly benefits programs are being adopted by many law firms such as paid maternity and paternity leaves and work-from-home policies while others provide elder care referrals and even in-house daycare. Many of these programs are adopted to recruit and retain attorneys though there is some concern by attorneys choosing to work part-time about the affect on their careers. One reason for the slow adoption of such benefits is that they noticeably impact the firms' profit margins.

United States, Analysis, Employee benefits, Family

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