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The Freehills Pay Freeze; Winter Chill Will Continue Until Further Notice

9 April 2009

After announcing a firm-wide pay freeze, it appears that Freehills managing partner Gavin Bell has been besieged with questions from aggrieved staff, having been forced to respond to questions abou...

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Macquarie Advisor Expected that Corporate Clients Would Follow Him to UBS

17 March 2009

Two Maquarie Group advisers have been the subject of a successful injunction application by their former employer to interdict the flow of confidential corporate information to their new employer U...

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Ex-Clayton Utz Partner George Livanes an Alleged Fraudster

26 August 2009

With an investigation into investments made by Clayton Utz partners into an elaborate tax scheme apparently still afoot, it has emerged today that an ex-Clayton Utz partner is presently facing char...

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UPDATED “Jobs For The Boys”? QUOTALS Accused of Siphoning Freehills Job to Inner LSS Sanctum

6 June 2011

When the FS team gets nostalgic and thinks back to our uni days, a few OF us recall life in the law faculty. There were the weekly BBQs, LSS Law Ball Orgies, and the pub-crawls with "BYO Vomit Bag"...

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Fail 2 Subjects & You’re ‘Fired’; PwC Introduces CA Policy

10 November 2009

In response to a recent post profiling suspicious survey results suggesting PWC is a 'top employer', we received the following comments from an anonymous PWC spy in relation to a revised Chartered Accountancy study policy: ... There are a lot of extremely pissed of employees at PwC feeling a little bit like indentured slaves that get dictated everything. [First] a ... pay cut to take ‘flexible’ leave. [Second]That there is no overtime system anymore (not that TOIL was awesome, but at least it was something). now CA. This firm just does not stop - graduates stay away and make sure you ask questions about how long your are locked in for if you want to do CA! PwC can now fire you if you fail 2 subjects. It’s all under the ‘policy’. Payraises were so bad this year that 2nd year...

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AAR Voluntary Redundancies; Another Allens Spy Speaks

1 July 2009

We exclusively reported on Monday 'the rife speculation' that some of the staff named by Allens Arthur Robinson as having voluntarily accepted a redundancy were forced into that decision by the fir...

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Mallesons Facebook Competition DISLIKE; Social Media Foray DISLIKE; Graduate Recruitment DISLIKE

27 May 2011

A big congratulations to the Mallesons PR team for embracing social media in its graduate recruitment drive. The firm is really getting with the times: we can just see baby boomer partners all over...

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Lactose Tolerant: Breastfeeding Gong Affirms Clayton Utz’s Commitment to Women

9 September 2011

Beleaguered by the repeated allegations that it is a "hostile place for women to work", not to mention having been striken from the EOWA register as an Employer of Choice for Women, Clayton Utz is ...

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KPMG Rumour: Up to 300 More Redundancies?

18 June 2009

As KPMG staff head to the Poo Polls in the next few days, the latest rumour floating about the office is apparently that, if partners are unable to implement the planned leave of absence/4-day week...

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AAR Voluntary Redundancies; Rumour Some Staff Were ‘Invited’ to Accept

29 June 2009

Earlier in the year, AAR announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. It was revealed over the weekend that some 100 AAR staff accepted the offer, from all areas of the firm. What was not reported w...

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