Law firms pay back wage subsidy, shed staff

Tue, 23 Jun 2020

Meredith Connell and Lane Neave are repaying the $1 million-plus dollars wage subsidies they took to shore up their firms, but are both cutting staff as they deal with the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. National firm Lane Neave confirmed 21 full-time staff, or more than 12 percent of its workforce, have been made redundant as a result of covid-19. The Christchurch-headquartered firm blamed its struggles on the impact of the pandemic on the firm’s transactions practice and the downturn in Queenstown. Managing partner Andrew Shaw said...

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