Law firm’s new work-life balance: turn off your camera for night-time calls
A new work-life balance code at elite law firm Slaughter and May will offer some respite for hard-pressed lawyers, but with strings attached.
From next week, lawyers will not be required to check emails between 10pm and 8am “unless you are working on a matter/s where you consider that to be necessary”. Even then, “for this to work, you need to be reachable by phone”, the code states.
The 37-point document, seen by the Financial Times, acknowledges that “our working environment, while stimulating and rewarding, can bring with it a lack of balance and a sense of always ‘being on’”.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Kate Beioley
