''Employee engagement biggest concern for HR in legal sector''

The importance of employee engagement has once again been highlighted after it was revealed that it was the biggest issue that HR teams in the legal sector are concerned about.

One-third of law firms said employee engagement was of ''great concern'' to them with a further 48 per cent saying it was a concern for them according to the HR in Law Employee Benefits Key Issues Survey 2010, conducted by Portus Consulting on behalf of HR in Law.

The report suggests that the activities firms have introduced to boost staff morale include health and wellbeing days (22 per cent) and team events (44 per cent), while other suggestions included an extra days'' holiday or additional discretionary days off, Employee Benefits reports.

It also showed that the top 100 law firms are moving towards online benefits with a quarter now offering such packages compared to a fifth last year, while 59 per cent said they plan to review flexible benefits within the next 12 months. Back