Caring Responsibilities

We know that our partners and employees can be their best when they are supported both professionally and personally, we are focused on empowering our people to find the flexibility they need to accommodate their varied responsibilities. Many people assume multiple caring responsibilities over the course of a lifetime and these responsibilities may vary as personal circumstances change.

Parental Leave, Pregnancy Loss & Fertility

We have established a Global Parental Leave Policy that applies consistent entitlements to all of our people across all offices which include:

• 26 weeks fully paid leave – available to any eligible staff member irrespective of gender identity;
• No distinction between primary/secondary and maternity/paternity - no gendered language with a strong focus on gender equality;
• Enhanced leave options including more flexibility within the first two years after the child's birth/adoption, where leave can be taken in one consecutive block, two blocks or may incorporate a fixed term part time arrangement;
• Inclusion of surrogacy, foster and kinship care;
• Pregnancy Loss Provisions which includes two weeks paid leave plus an additional five days for related appointments;
• Inclusion of five days paid leave per year for anyone needing to access fertility treatments; and
• Legal staff to have a three-month reduction in chargeable hours targets when they return from extended parental leave to support their transition back to work.

We also offer all staff the opportunity to participate in 1:1 parental leave coaching.