Employee benefits
Annual leave
Full-time staff get 25 days of annual leave, in addition to public holidays. This increases to:
- 27 days after two years' service
- 30 days after five years' service
If you’re a part-time employee, the allowance is calculated pro rata based on your contracted hours.
Pension (DC Scheme)
Defined contribution (DC) schemes are occupational pension schemes where your own contributions and your employer's contributions are both invested.
Employees can join the pension scheme at any point in the year. However, staff can only join salary sacrifice on 1 January and 1 July each year. For more information on salary sacrifice, email the Payroll team.
We contribute two times our employees' contributions up to 3.5% of your notional base pay, and one and a half times any contributions you make between 3.5% and 7%. Notional pay is your salary before salary sacrifice.
If you contribute 7% of your notional base pay, our contribution will be 12.25%. If you contribute more than 7%, our contribution will remain at 12.25%.
Flexible allowance
You can take an additional 3% of annual basic salary (non-consolidated, non-pensionable) as income, paid monthly, or use it to buy additional benefits.
You can only buy additional benefits after you complete your probation. The benefits purchase window opens once a year for you to make your selections.
Life assurance
You’re covered for a lump sum life assurance cover of four times your notional base pay if you die while working at the Law Society, up until the age of 75.
Private medical insurance
Eligibility for this taxable benefit is dependent on length of service and pay grade.
Health screening
All staff are eligible for this tax-free benefit after they’ve completed two years of employment.
Season ticket loan
A season ticket loan of up to £8,000 is available after you complete your probation.
Help with professional development
Providing certain conditions are met, we offer:
- study leave of up to 5 days in a 12-month period to support longer-term programmes of study and sitting exams
- funding of up to £2,000 and assistance with buying essential materials
- books of up to £200 per year
Maternity leave
You can take up to 12 months’ absence while on maternity leave. The payment amounts during this time vary depending on your length of service.
Paternity leave
You’re entitled to two weeks’ ordinary paternity leave. You can take additional leave of up to 26 weeks, provided certain conditions are met.
Childcare allowance
Employees returning from maternity, paternity or adoption leave are eligible for a supplementary allowance of £200 per month for a period of 6 months. This is subject to normal tax and National Insurance deductions.
Health club membership
We offer subsidised health club membership after you complete your probation. This is a company-funded and taxable benefit.
If you wish to confirm the benefits for the role you're interested in, email the HR Operations team.
Our vacancies
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Contact us
If you have any questions or problems using our recruitment system, email the Recruitment team or call us on +44 (0)208 049 4025 (option 1).
The Law Society is an Investors in People accredited organisation.
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
