Buck, A Gallagher Company is an integrated HR, pensions, and employee benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm. Founded more than 100 years ago as an actuarial consultancy committed to establishing sound retirement plans, we’ve evolved to serve HR departments and trustees across the health, wealth, and career spectrum. We offer a world-class portfolio of benefits advisory, analytics, administration, engagement, and communication solutions, powered by best-in-class technology, to help fulfil the pensions and benefits needs of you and your employees.

With the ultimate goal of securing the futures of our clients’ employees and members, we develop tech-enabled programmes that engage and drive individual and rganizational growth. Committed to the needs of today’s dynamic workforce, our people-first approach empowers the world’s most forward-thinking organisations to protect the physical and financial wellbeing of their employees and members and improve how their people work and live.

105 years in the business, combined with extensive experience in delivering a range of services to clients across the legal sector, allows us to confidently push boundaries to keep you ahead of the curve. We’re not like the rest – and we believe that’s what makes us your ideal partner.

• We’re big enough to advise some of the world’s largest organisations.
• We’re versatile enough to offer the same outstanding service and top-notch consultants and administrators to all our clients.
• And we’re nimble enough to offer a boutique-like experience, where our clients are always our top priority.

With an eye towards the future, we’re introducing new solutions across health, risk and wellbeing, flexible benefits, share plans, and DB/DC pension schemes, that make delivering on your commitments seamless and more measurable, to help you make the right decisions to achieve the best outcomes for your employees.

Arthur J. Gallagher

https://www.ajg.com/

Buck was acquired by Arthur J. Gallagher in April 2023. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.

Specialist employee benefits & wellbeing solutions for the legal sector

There are many reasons why the legal sector is recognised as one of the most interesting and exciting places to work, including:

• Good career opportunities
• Financial reward and earning potential
• Varied work;
• and the ability to make a genuine difference to people’s lives

But it’s a sector that’s not without challenges. Long hours, demanding workloads, managing work/life balance and looking after the health and wellbeing of employees are issues regularly cited by firms. This is where a comprehensive employee benefits & wellbeing strategy can help.

Download our latest Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Legal Research

This year, we were delighted to have partnered with People in Law to conduct comprehensive research to better understand the current employee benefits and wellbeing offered within the legal sector.

Our findings also highlight the key challenges and priorities that HR professionals in the sector are focused on as we enter 2024; including:

• Mental health & workplace wellbeing
• Attracting & retaining top talent
• Reviewing and enhancing current employee benefit strategies
• Increased use of benefits technology & communication
• Enhancing the employee experience & culture
• Flexible & Hybrid-working
• Neurodiversity

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Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing have long been recognised as insurance experts within the legal sector and our specialist employee benefits team are no exception. Over 750 law firms already choose us to advise them and we’re proud to be a trusted partner to the sector.

Speak to James Clowser, Client Director, today to find out how we can help you, your employees and your firm.

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under company number 2248238, with its registered office at One Creechurch Place, London,UK, EC3A 5AF. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Market leading performance and feedback software for professional firms

Performance Leader helps professional firms develop, retain and reward key partner and employee talent.

Our software platform simplifies formal reviews and check-ins, supports real-time feedback and aligns individual objectives to the firm’s strategic plans and purpose.

We help you:

• Realise your high performance vision by winning the hearts and minds of partners and employees with our best of breed software, designed for law firms

• Evolve your approach and tactics by pairing flexible technology with deep sector know-how

• Make everyone’s life easier, from partners to leaders to HR professionals and RemCom members who support these processes

• Stay at the leading edge with the latest thinking and research, including the recently published Partner Remuneration Handbook

With offices in the UK and Australia, we work with leading professional firms in more than 30 countries. 

Every leader knows that an organisation’s best asset is its people. How you choose to upskill, develop and empower your people has a direct impact on staff retention and the success of your firm. The Professional Alternative (TPA) online learning and compliance platform was created to provide law firms with the very best digital content for both personal and career development, along with industry-specific emerging topics and compliance training, to form part of your firm’s CPD offering.

We understand that great content alone is not enough to create engagement and upskill teams. That is why, in addition to giving them unlimited access to our platform, we work closely with your teams to understand every individual’s learning requirements, styles and topics of importance. The aim? To ensure we deliver the right content, to the right people, at the right time.

TPA’s instant, on-demand access means that every employee can upskill on the topics that matter to them. We create practical learning materials that cut through the noise, giving you and your teams the know-how they need, when they need it – whether it’s a how-to guide for handling difficult conversations or the latest AML eLearning course.

From personal development and career skills frameworks to best practice guides, the latest legal industry trends and cutting-edge Risk & Compliance eLearning – we offer more than 2,500 resources, and our mission is to boost efficiency and effectiveness in the firms we support. New content is added daily via our in-house editorial team and our panel of 142+ industry expert contributors. Together, they ensure materials are both relevant and topical, enabling you to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Totum is unparalleled in the recruitment of exceptional business services talent in law and professional services firms. Working across all business services functions, we help firms structure and resource their teams, often helping to scope out roles from scratch and sourcing the best business skills and capabilities to accelerate positive change across the sector. We specialise in business services recruitment so that we can dedicate all of our resources and expertise to matching up the very best business services talent from across industry sectors with law and professional services firms both in the UK and internationally.

Totum’s dedicated HR team is here to help support individuals and firms across both generalist and specialist roles in areas like talent development, DEI, reward, employee relations, recruitment, health and wellbeing and more. We work at all levels of seniority from HR Advisors/Officers up to and including Director and Chief roles.

We pride ourselves on the long relationships we have built across the sector, often helping to grow and develop HR teams by applying our keen understanding of the evolving dynamics of this critical function. Whatever HR skills you need, we are on hand to deliver.

If you would like to find out more about how we could help you with your HR recruitment needs, or just to have a chat about the latest market trends, contact: laura.mcnair@totumpartners.com, hannah.leonsoon@totumpartners.com or briony.jenkins@totumpartners.com

With mental health-related absence, attrition and burnout on the rise across the legal sector, lawyer wellbeing has been deemed a cause for global concern. And it’s coming at a serious cost to firms in lost productivity.

Here at Unmind, the leading global workplace wellbeing platform, we know box-ticking exercises in addressing psychological wellbeing don’t work. That’s why we deliver a data-informed, whole-organisation approach to creating mentally healthy employees and higher-performing firms.

Created using the latest in scientific evidence, our world-class product suite offers next-gen digital tools, preventative resources and easy access to experts you can trust:

• Unmind Insights – A data-driven view of organisational wellbeing, providing the insights and actions you need to deliver lasting change and demonstrate ROI.

• Unmind Managers – Expert-led content to give leaders the confidence and know-how they need to support colleagues, improve productivity and drive change.

• Unmind Exec –  Access to our leadership and experts, including personalised coaching and strategic development bespoke to your team’s needs.

• Unmind Talk – A global network of accredited mental health practitioners offering one-to-one digital therapy and coaching. Bookable in just four clicks.

• Unmind Help – The next generation of EAP support. Access on-demand wellbeing tools, proactive therapy and additional support resources – all from one provider.

• Unmind Elevate – Our library of world-class wellbeing tools can help your people sleep deeper, stress less, and lead more fulfilling lives – at work and at home.

If you would like to uncover the cost of wellbeing on your firm’s performance, along with support identifying and implementing recommendations to improve wellbeing, contact learn@unmind.com

Working alongside our parent company Accurate, we provide unparalleled global employee screening services: US specialisation and footprint courtesy of Accurate, combined with Vero’s ‘rest of world’ capabilities. From bespoke in-house Client and Candidate portals to integrations with HR Management Systems and Applicant Tracking Systems, our credential verification procedures are enhanced and supported by our market-leading HR technology.

As the leading independents in our respective fields, we combine big business credentials with an agile and entrepreneurial approach. This means we’re ideally placed to service you across all your hiring locations, maintaining that all important local feel. Our understanding of local data protection legislation, employment law and cultural considerations enables us to tailor our services to your local office and Candidate requirements, wherever they are in the world. And with offices in Europe, the USA, APAC and Australia, we’re there to support your Candidates regardless of where they are – making every hire the start of a success story.

Get in touch with our experts for a free, tailored discussion about your individual requirements at intouch@veroscreening.com, or call us on +44 (0) 1273 203 090.

Williams Lea is the global provider of tech-enabled business support services to financial, legal and professional services firms, connecting people, processes and technology to streamline key business and administrative functions and helping companies adapt to a more virtual and digital workplace. Built on a strong heritage, great client relationships and a talented team, Williams Lea is the trusted global outsourcing provider to clients in highly regulated environments.

Williams Lea serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has almost 7,000 employees worldwide. Williams Lea is backed by Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors.

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