Bloomberg Law
March 26, 2018, 11:34 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Clients Pressure London Firms to Include Partners in Pay-Gap Data

• U.S. firm Norton Rose Fulbright last week became the first London law firm to publish three sets of data: one for employees only, another for equity partners and a combined all-firm number. U.S. firm Reed Smith earlier published partner data, but not an all-firm figure. As other firms have reported pay-gap data to comply with U.K. law, they have faced accusations that a lack of partner info obscures the real gender-gap picture. Facing pressure from clients, some London-based law firms are expected to follow Norton Rose’s lead this week and issue more complete statistics. ( Financial Times )

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