TV Edwards is very proud to be recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 listing. This nationwide workplace survey honours and celebrates Britiain’s top employers and includes over 500 organisations across industries and sizes.

The TV Edwards listing in The Sunday Times quotes:
“At this London law firm a low turnover of staff is partly thanks to the empathy ingrained in the business, with its longstanding commitment to social justice. The success of its development programme can be demonstrated by the fact that existing staff have been promoted to associate, senior associate and partner roles. All 104 employees attend the firm’s AGM, while managing partner Julian Overton responds directly to staff questions on any subject each month, with flexible working enabled.”

How the survey works

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work awards survey uses 26 questions from an employee engagement survey, developed by behavioural scientists, data analysts, psychologists, business leaders, academics and other independent parties to most accurately monitor employee engagement, wellbeing and discretionary effort in the workplace. To achieve a high overall engagement score, an organisation must score well across a six-step framework:

1. Reward and Recognition
2. Instilling Pride
3. Information Sharing
4. Empowerment
5. Wellbeing
6. Job Satisfaction

In a highly engaged workplace all six steps will be seen positively by employees which are measured on a 0-10 scale. An organisations, overall engagement score is the sum of all question responses, divided by the maximum possible value as a percentage. To be successfully accredited as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, organisations must achieve a minimum 70 per cent overall engagement score.

Key findings from the survey

This year’s survey reinforces once again that the most important metric of any organisation is the happiness of their staff and that transparency and collaboration are key to engaging them. The happiest employees are the ones who feel their companies offer them strong career advancement. For workers of all generations, the best employers acknowledge their personal and professional needs, including family-friendly working options, training and social activities.

Results from the survey show that there is a clear correlation between those companies that have happy and engaged workforces and those that get extra from their people. Those companies that have happier employees have lower staff turnover and lower sick absence. This leads to happy customers, higher commercial performance, greater productivity and strong, long-lived businesses.

Why this is so important to us

TV Edwards prides itself on delivering excellent levels of client service and enjoys very high client satisfaction ratings. The leadership team recognise that this has been achieved through the firm’s strong culture of staff support, supervision, training and development.

The partners employ a transparent and meritocratic approach to work, are committed to being approachable, accessible and to listening to their employees. Ensuring that all staff achieve a good work life balance is seen as an essential part of creating a positive and productive working environment.

In a recent assessment of the firm conducted by a Law Society accredited assessor, it was commented that:
‘The practice should continue to be highly commended for the significant emphasis and resources which it devotes to ensuring the Wellbeing and Mental Health of its employees’.

TV Edwards Managing Partner, Julian Overton says:
“This is a huge achievement for the firm as we have been recognised alongside some impressive companies, and it is something we can all be really proud of. Our people are the heart of our success, and we care about our clients, staff and values. Our approach shows compassion and empathy towards people; we treat each other with respect and integrity and we champion inclusivity and diversity. My aim to make TV Edwards an even better place to work and these insights are important to see what we do well, where we may improve and how to develop our culture”.