Most legal departments that set aside a budget for labor and employment matters are not meeting those budgets, as unpredictability in claims and higher than anticipated costs have in some cases pushed budgets up, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The survey from Proskauer Rose, the second that the firm has done, was conducted in early 2017 and gathered feedback from more than 300 in-house legal decision makers and labor and employment specialists. The respondents came from a variety of industries and more than half work at companies with over 1,000 employees.
