| Flexibility ROI: moving from ‘perk’ to performance |
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| Does becoming a parent still put women at a disadvantage in the legal profession? From billable hours to promotion pathways, the motherhood penalty can have lasting consequences for career progression. Yet flexible working is still too often treated as an employee perk rather than a business strategy with measurable returns. Moderated by Melissa Meyers, this session brings together Lauren Cassimatis, Belinda Cohen and Nadine Udorovic to examine whether the legal profession is doing enough to support working parents – and what firms stand to gain by getting flexibility right. |
| What this panel will address: |
| 1 How the motherhood penalty continues to influence career progression, billable hours and promotion opportunities.2 How to measure the return on investment of flexible working arrangements and link flexibility to commercial outcomes and firm performance.3 Why investing in working parents can help retain experienced legal talent, reduce staff turnover and strengthen firms’ bottom lines. |
| Retaining experienced legal talent takes more than a flexible work policy. It requires firms to understand what flexibility delivers – and whether their approach is helping or holding their people back Details Here |
The motherhood penalty: Is it still holding women back?
