‘Cut partner bonuses for diversity failures’
Law firm partners who fail to take ‘robust measures’ to meet diversity targets should be financially penalised, according to a leading pro-diversity group.
A report from the InterLaw Diversity Forum for LGBT Networks argues that the profession remains ‘stuck culturally in the mid-20th century’.
‘Soft’ targets are inadequate, and financial and other incentives are urgently needed to ‘deliver fair career progression’ for women, minority ethnic, disabled, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) lawyers.
Successfully meeting targets should be ‘clearly rewarded’ by promotion and other forms of advancement, the report proposes, while the failure of partners and other managers to reach ‘expected standards of behaviour’ should be ‘addressed robustly’ through ‘bonus systems’ and compulsory training, it recommends.
- See the forum's website.
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diversity
Shouldnt career progression be on merit rather than on social grounds?
setting targets
I am part of an ethnic minority but could not agree less with diversity targets. It should all be about having a fair chance not about achieving diversity. I always failed to understand why firms do not have a robust approach about skills and intellect and are more concerned either with background or achieving targets based on numbers? The business sense should prevail not the Oxbridge label or some statistical report.