Published: December 02, 2018
Firms urged to change the system of billable hours, where they charge clients for each hour their lawyers work
Young lawyers are pushing back against a culture of overwork in Australia’s top commercial firms, caused in part by the demands of the banking royal commission.
In the past three months, two top-tier firms, Gilbert + Tobin and King & Wood Mallesons, have been investigated by safe work authorities in New South Wales and Victoria, and advocacy groups say a culture of overwork and exhaustion runs through the industry.
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