As US firms shift to non-traditional time-off policies, will associates leave even more holiday time on the table? Irene Plagianos reports
Last December, when Dewey & LeBoeuf announced a shift in vacation policy for its associates and counsel, the move was greeted with some scepticism online. The firm had decided to scuttle its traditional three to four weeks of paid vacation, earned on an accrual basis, in favour of a policy in which associates and counsel would – in the words of an internal memo – “be entitled to take a reasonable amount of paid time off… subject to client demands and your other professional obligations and responsibilities”.
