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Female Partner Pay Survey
Female Partner Pay Survey
Welcome to our confidential survey on Female Partner Pay in Law Firms.
Your submission is anonymous and very much appreciated.
1.
What is your role in your firm?
Partner
HR
Senior Management
In-house Counsel
Other (please specify)
2.
How many partners/LLP members are there in your firm?
1-5
6-20
21-100
More than 100
3.
Where are you based?
United Kingdom
USA
Canada
Republic of Ireland
Mainland Europe
Other (please specify)
4.
Which of the following partner profit sharing arrangements apply in your firm? Please tick all that apply:
Pay based on years of service as a partner (lock-step)
Merit based pay (assessed against set performance criteria)
Bonus payment for exceptional performance in any year
Fixed profit share (based on level within partnership and market rates)
Eat what you kill basis
Other (please specify)
5.
Who decides your level of profit share? Please tick all that apply:
Managing Partner
Management Committee
Practice Head
Remuneration Committee
Other (please specify)
6.
Is partner pay transparent between partners in your firm?
Yes
No
Potential pay inequality compared to male peers
7.
If you are a female partner, are you paid less than similarly or lower performing male partners in your firm?
Yes
No
Don't know
8.
If you are a female partner, are you paid less than similarly or lower performing male partners in your department?
Yes
No
Don't know
9.
If yes to questions 7 and/or 8, are there potentially objective business reasons for those male partners being paid more than you?
Yes
No
Potential factors in unequal pay between male and female partners
10.
Do you think your firm’s partner contribution criteria are fair to or disadvantage women with child care responsibilities, including those working part-time?
Fair
Disadvantage
Neutral
11.
Do you think your firm’s partner contribution criteria are fair to or disadvantage women who have returned from maternity leave or related leave?
Fair
Disadvantage
Neutral
12.
Do you think there is any disparity in treatment by the firm between male and female partners, which disadvantages female partners and affects their pay, in access to business development opportunities?
Yes
No
13.
Do you think there is any disparity in treatment by the firm between male and female partners, which disadvantages female partners and affects their pay, in access to fee-earner support?
Yes
No
14.
Do you think there is any disparity in treatment by the firm between male and female partners, which disadvantages female partners and affects their pay, in access to internal work referrals?
Yes
No
15.
Do you have any futher comments on disparity in treatment by the firm between male and female partners, which disadvantages female partners and affects their pay?
Addressing profit sharing disparities between male and female partners in future
16.
Which one or more of the following do you think is likely to be most effective to help and encourage your firm to reduce any difference in pay between male and female partners? Please tick all that apply:
Greater transparency in profit share allocations between partners
Greater clarity regarding partner pay criteria and relative weighting of criteria
Greater transparency in partner remuneration procedures
Voluntary gender pay gap reporting by firms of male and female partner pay
More female partners in senior management
Specialist training for senior management and remuneration committees
Equal pay or sex discrimination litigation being brought against the firm by a female partner
Female partners collectively raising complaints and bringing a group action regarding unequal pay compared to their male partners
Targets to achieve pay parity within a specific period of time
Other (please specify)
17.
If you have any additional comments or suggestions on these issues please provide these below:
Thank you very much for your response. Your replies to this survey will be treated as confidential and collated on an anonymised basis only. A report on this survey and responses will follow in the New Year in advance of the Professional Practices Event on Female Partner Pay in Law Firms on Wednesday 14 March 2018 8.30 - 9.45am (click
here
to register).
If you would like further information on issues relating to female partner pay in professional services firms please contact
Clare Murray
,
Sarah Chilton
or
David Shufflebotham
.
Please do forward this confidential survey to law firm colleagues and contacts who you think might be interested in the issue of Female Partner Pay in Law Firms, to help us provide as wide an input and range of views as possible into this important issue. Thank you!
