Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the second leading law firm to instruct partners and staff to disclose personal relationships with colleagues, while also introducing a third-party whistleblowing platform.
As part of a shake-up of its global policies and guidelines, HSF has introduced a new policy entitled ‘Personal Relationships in the Workplace.’ The firm stated that it is intended to ‘provide a framework to deal sensitively, consistently and fairly with personal relationships which may affect the business.’
