2020 has been, to put it mildly, a strange year. For local government lawyers’ professional lives, the biggest change has been the sudden almost blanket imposition of remote working with all the professional, technical and emotional challenges that brings. To gauge the effect and future impact of remote working on the professional lives of local authority lawyers, Local Government Lawyer and LexisNexis ran two surveys in the summer – one of legal department management and another of all lawyers working in local authorities. Seventy heads of legal took part in the management survey, while 448 lawyers completed the general survey. See our findings below... |
![]() Covid-19: The impact on wellbeing of working from home Lawcare’s Elizabeth Rimmer provides some tips for employees and employers on how to mitigate the downsides of remote working. |