LawSites

MAY 16, 2023

The majority of law firms use just five or fewer unique software products, according to a legal industry study published today by the law practice management company Smokeball. According to the survey, the most popular are: Legal research, 61%. Document management, 47%. Practice management or case management, 34%.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The judgment arose from a dispute as to whether an engineering firm in Ohio is required to appoint an employee, instead of an independent contractor, to be in “responsible charge” of the firm’s engineering projects. The Board adopted a rule that the overseeing engineer must be a company employee.

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LawSites

MARCH 30, 2022

This is among the findings of a new survey of in-house lawyers commissioned by the contract management company ContractWorks and conducted by the U.K.-based The survey of 250 in-house lawyers in the U.S. In fact, 44% of in-house lawyers are now back in the office full time, the survey found. Although the majority of U.S.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A late 2021 survey by McKinsey & Company found 40% of employees in the U.S. A September 2021 survey conducted by Bloomberg Law’s Attorney found that nearly half of all lawyers surveyed said they were either actively looking for new jobs or open to new offers. Research from the U.S. million people quit their jobs.

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The Process Street

APRIL 19, 2022

If you’re just here for the free templates, go on and skip ahead: Diversity Questions Survey Diversity Hiring Process Employee Complaint Procedure Diversity Training Process Diversity Management Monthly Audit Unconscious Bias Training Guide Diversity Initiatives Quarterly Improvement Process Code of Conduct Policy Adherence Process.

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2021

This is a key finding of the 2021 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report , the third year that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. has conducted this survey, designed to provide insights into how the legal profession is evolving and how prepared legal professionals are to face the future. Clients Demand Tech.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The US Department of Labor (DOL) Tuesday published a proposed rule clarifying when workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees entitled to minimum wage, over time and other Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections. Gig economy companies pushed back and managed to get Proposition 22 onto the ballot in November 2020.

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The Process Street

JUNE 6, 2022

A company is only as good as the employees it hires. The employee life cycle is the bloodline for any organization. You need to take proper care of your employees to reap success. To do this, you need to understand each stage of the employee life cycle and where your employee stands in it. Let’s dive right into it!

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The Estrin Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

Employees are in the midst of the Great Resignation. While employees are quitting in droves, they are not sitting idle. The problem is that employees are leaving the legal field for other opportunities or they are leaving their law firm jobs for more exciting, less stressful and better paying positions within other law firms.

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The Process Street

MARCH 16, 2022

In what’s being named the Great Resignation , employees are switching career paths, demanding more benefits, and valuing workplaces in a new way. As a result, the needs of high-value employees have changed. With 95% of businesses struggling to fill job positions, the pressure is on to find and retain valuable new employees.

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InHouseOps

AUGUST 5, 2021

In this piece at Bloomberg Law, Paula Hogéus, leader of the EY Global Labor & Employment Law team, and Nicholas Bruch, leader of the EY Global Tax and Legal Analyst team, cites new data from a pair of EY surveys that suggest many concerns about remote work were premature. Remote work has gone better than expected for most,” they write.

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The Process Street

JUNE 3, 2022

“ That was a quote made by a French manager , straight after the 1973 oil crisis. Corporate leaders often say employees are their most valuable asset. In fact, employees are so valuable that over 23% of businesses fail because they don’t have the right team. He’s right, of course. Everything can change tomorrow.

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The Process Street

JANUARY 19, 2022

Despite many managers understanding the importance of employee onboarding, Sapling has found that 88% of companies don’t onboard well. This is a troubling revelation when you take into account that offering an excellent onboarding experience enhances employee retention by as much as 82%. Why does good employee onboarding matter?

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The Process Street

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It wasn’t until 1997 that the term talent management was properly explained. In this Process Street article, I’ll be taking a look at talent management, its strategies, why it is so important, and how you can implement it in your own company. This article has been split into the below subheadings: What is talent management.

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The Process Street

AUGUST 19, 2022

One thing you might want to look up is that 57% of employees quit their jobs due to feeling disrespected at work. It should benefit an organization and its employees. The typical paper job contract can’t cover every eventuality you face as an HR manager. The agreement I’m describing is an intangible concept.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Finding good employees has always been a challenge – but these days it’s harder than ever. In August 2021, a survey found that 73 percent of 380 employers in North America were having difficulty attracting employees – three times the share that said so the previous year. And it is unlikely to improve anytime soon.

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 31, 2023

Finding the right technology tools is one increasingly-important way you can increase profitability, retain the best employees, improve client service, and otherwise take your law firm to the next level. More than half of attorneys who responded to the ABA’s 2022 Practice Forward survey said they worked from home half the time or more.

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The Process Street

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

A big part of a company’s success, therefore, can be attributed to its employees. Companies that invest in employee development and train their employees to deliver first-class customer service are likely to: Gain a competitive advantage; Attract and retain the best talent in the industry; Realize a 24% increase in their profit margins.

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The Process Street

MARCH 9, 2022

Jenna Bunnell is the Senior Manager for Content Marketing at Dialpad, an AI-incorporated cloud-hosted unified communications and call center IVR systems that provide valuable call details for business owners and sales representatives. Personal user manuals are full of information for other employees. Troubleshooting your new manager.

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The Process Street

MAY 16, 2022

At the recent HR Transform Conference, we had the opportunity to ask about your biggest employee onboarding challenges. What did our Process Street survey say? More than a quarter of HR managers we surveyed experience weak visibility and accountability during the employee onboarding process. Overall, 25.6%

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MyCase

MARCH 30, 2021

According to the 2020 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, 59% of lawyers surveyed were already already using cloud-based software pre-COVID. Notably, the results of another survey conducted by MyCase in mid-2020, showed the social distancing requirements of the pandemic have only served to accelerate this trend.

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LLRX

MAY 20, 2021

As vaccinations and relaxed health guidelines make returning to the office a reality for more companies, there seems to be a disconnect between managers and their workers over remote work. A good example of this is a recent op-ed written by the CEO of a Washington, D.C.,

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LawSites

MAY 27, 2021

These are among the findings of the 2021 InterAction Marketing & Business Development Survey published this week by LexisNexis InterAction. “Even law firms that grew over the last year had to do things differently,” the survey finds. A sign of the times: A third of firms in the survey said they now have podcasts.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Every year the International Legal Technology Association conducts a technology survey of firms of all sizes, and the results always provide lots of interesting data on how lawyers are using technology. This year’s Survey was of particular interest due to its timing. Survey Demographics. Cloud philosophy.

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The Process Street

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The long-term impact of an abrupt shift to remote work means many employees struggle to adjust. But employees aren’t the only ones who have to adjust. Remote work has given employees a taste of great flexibility and they’re not ready to part with it. Strategies for attracting, hiring, and managing remote employees.

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MyCase

JULY 27, 2021

Last month I shared some of the key results about from a recent survey of the legal profession, the 2021 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey: Moving Beyond the Pandemic. This year’s survey provides a wealth of statistics about law firms, the effects of the pandemic, and legal technology purchasing decisions.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

According to a survey done by the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), 46% of respondents said their last attempt to apply for a job online was “difficult to impossible.” Research shows that employees with disabilities have lower absenteeism, more loyalty, and lower medical costs.

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ALPS

AUGUST 16, 2022

Executive teams now recognize that successful cyberattacks can be devastating to any organization, as evidenced by the 2022 Gartner Board of Directors Survey that found 88% of board members note cybersecurity risks as business risks. According to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute,?

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The Process Street

JULY 28, 2021

Today, employees not only embrace remote work, they expect it, with one in two US workers stating that they would not be prepared to return to a job that didn’t accommodate for some kind of remote working. 70% of full-time employees were working remotely in 2020. Source : US Remote Work Survey – January 12, 2021 (PwC). ~50%

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The Process Street

JUNE 30, 2023

Studies show that effective employee onboarding improves employee retention by 82%. When considering the average cost of replacing an employee is ~$30,000 , you will recognize how vital good onboarding processes are. Onboarding is the process of introducing a new employee into an organization. What is sales onboarding?

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The Process Street

APRIL 10, 2022

“What is employee engagement?“. To most people, employee engagement is jargon. Employee engagement is a vital statistic to show the overall health of a business at every level. If you can better this statistic, it can result in massive benefits such as a 67% lower employee turnover rate and 21% higher productivity.

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The Process Street

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

An employee feedback loop can be a great tool if you’re trying to improve the quality of your products or boost the satisfaction of your employees. What is the employee feedback loop? More specifically, it involves using customer and employee feedback to improve the quality of a product, service, or workplace.

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The Process Street

MAY 21, 2021

He has a passion and keen understanding when it comes to HR and employee management. Your employees are the lifeblood of your business. The level of success and the results you achieve will directly reflect the performance of your employees. Satisfied employees are also more productive and efficient.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 6, 2021

And that’s at every level —partners, associates, management and staff. Increases in referral fees paid to employees who suggest candidates. It is no secret that most employees want flexibility and most firms are emphasizing that in their policies, but the devil is often in the details.

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LawTechnologyToday

JANUARY 7, 2021

Before the role was defined, some functions were performed by an office manager within the in-house legal department. Typically at this stage, matter management depends on law firms classifying matters and vendor management consists of leveraging contacts in your network. Stage Three: The 10K.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. The published results represent one of the most comprehensive technology surveys of lawyers available. Budgeting for The Future. Plan to Train.

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The Process Street

JULY 30, 2021

While the term “greenwashing” didn’t come into use until the ’80s, and “business sustainability” until John Elkington’s 1994 paper for California Management Review , the concept behind both dates all the way back to the ’60s and Westinghouse’s “clean and safe” nuclear power plants.

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