Alston & Bird is changing the way it computes overtime for its secretaries. Up until now, Alston & Bird has paid overtime starting at 37.5 hours per week, slightly more generous than is required by law. Now the firm is revising its overtime policy to match what is required by state and federal [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
Back in March, we told you that Alston Bird was deferring its incoming class of new associates. With so many firms doing this, it hardly seems like news anymore. Now, however, the same group of new associates have been deferred again, and this time the deferral is indefinite. This does not bode well for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Today Atlanta’s Alston & Bird informed its associates that the firm is reducing all associate salaries by $5,000. At this time, the firm expects to reverse the salary cut at the end of the year. In April, Alston & Bird laid off 14 lawyers and 38 staff, but offered the lawyers affected what amounts to a public [...]
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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