City firms' support staff will continue to face major job losses, according to a poll of senior lawyers that identifies secretarial and administrative staff as the main targets for cutbacks.Legal Week's latest Big Question poll finds that the vast majority (98%) of senior partners believe support staff should be targeted for job cuts alongside associates as law firms slash costs in the face of the recession.
March 11, 2009 at 09:33 PM
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Partners believe support staff should be cut as well as fee earners with secretarial seen as a prime target; however, outsourcing initiatives are slow to take off. Emma Sadowski reports
City firms’ support staff will continue to face major job losses, according to a poll of senior lawyers that identifies secretarial and administrative staff as the main targets for cutbacks.
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