Staff at London law firm can work from home full-time – if they take 20% pay cut

Stephenson Harwood, which has its HQ in London, employs more than 1,100 people and has offices in Paris, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. Photograph: Yann Tessier/Reuters

Staff at a top London law firm have been told they can work from home permanently – but they will have to take a 20% pay cut.

Managing partners at Stephenson Harwood are offering lawyers and other staff the option as City firms try to move beyond solely office-based working in a post-pandemic cultural shift to flexible and remote models.