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What Can Young Lawyers Teach Us About The Future Of Workspaces?

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Younger lawyers prioritize a legal workplace that supports flexibility, equality, and collaboration, favoring environments with open spaces and modern aesthetics over traditional “men’s club” interiors; these preferences are reshaping law firm office design. Here’s what they would love to see!

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AI is already transforming the legal sector, but challenges remain

Workplace Insight

As AI technologies continue to gain traction, just about every sector you can think of is going to face huge changes in the coming years – and that’s especially the case in the legal industry. While the integration of AI is still in its early stages, there has been a mixed approach across the legal industry.

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Pawsitivity at Work: Perks & Pitfalls Of Creating Pet-Friendly Coworking Spaces

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The desire for flexibility and furry companionship is on the rise, with a whopping 90% of employees in pet-friendly workplaces expressing a deep attachment to their company’s mission. That’s a significant leap compared to the 65% reported in non-pet-friendly workplaces ( Nationwide and HABRI ).

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Digital Deception: The High Stakes Of Deepfake Technology In The Future Of Work

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While deepfakes may offer benefits in education and training, they also necessitate vigilance and ethical frameworks to mitigate adverse effects on workplaces. While there are beneficial uses in the workplace, beneath these prospects lurks an undercurrent of ominous potential for exploitation. What Are Deepfakes?

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The only way is ethics … the Workplace Cocktail Hour with David Sharp

Workplace Insight

David Sharp joins Mark Eltringham on the Workplace Cocktail Hour to share a bourbon, discuss a wide range of issues – and avoid one that won’t help either of them. The firm grew from Workplace Law Group, the company he founded in 1995. He has recently completed a Masters degree in AI and Ethics at Cambridge.

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Life at the coalface: How the agile workplace first appeared in the mid 20th Century

Workplace Insight

This meant that passages were read out in court and then widely reported on for the first time and it became legal to publish the manifesto in Germany. We might now describe it as an early example of an agile workplace. But there is no doubt we can see his influence in each new agile workplace and smart office that we see created.

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It’s vital employers understand the new EHRC guidelines on menopause 

Workplace Insight

Recent guidelines issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) aim to simplify employers’ legal obligations to support workers going through menopause. A growing topic of conversation in the workplace and beyond, menopause has become increasingly recognised in employment guidance.

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