Redundancy consultations are now commonplace, but it is the way that firms handle them that has the biggest impact on employee morale. Des Cahill reports

It seems lawyers are a lot less angry than expected about the personal consequences of the economic downturn, based on responses in this year’s Employee Satisfaction Report. The findings of the report, published by Legal Week Intelligence earlier this year, were discussed at a roundtable held, in association with Hays Legal, on 13 October.