Law Office Management & Administration Report

New research by Watson Wyatt indicates that layoffs and hiring and salary freezes finally may have peaked. A series of surveys by the consulting firm found that most organizations are not planning additional hiring freezes (67 percent), organizational restructuring changes (65 percent), or layoffs (53 percent).

Although the majority of surveyed employers do not plan any further salary reductions (89 percent) or salary freezes (76 percent) in the next 12 months, the number that already has…