Life & Culture

We offer a range of benefits and programs to help develop your career and manage a healthy lifestyle. Here is a selection of our current benefits in Australia:

• Flexible Working - Empowering you to work smarter, in a way that suits your work and your lifestyle. 
• Home office allowance - To continue to support our staff working from home as a part of Agile 60, we offer an allowance for home office furniture as well as IT equipment.
• 26 weeks paid parental leave - Including superannuation on both paid and unpaid parental leave up to 52 weeks. Our policy applies to parents regardless of gender, subject to six months of continuous employment at HSF Kramer
• Leave Benefits - Whether its taking time off to rest, recover from illness or taking leave for a religious holiday (public holiday swap).
• Competitive pay - Be rewarded for great performance with competitive salaries and salary packaging options. Many positions also offer performance incentives 
• Buy more leave! - Take up to 8 weeks extra holidays to spend time on what’s important to you. You can spread the cost across the year.
• Health & Wellbeing - We offer a range of programs to help you take care of your health including discounted gym memberships, onsite psychology counselling services, flu vaccinations and fresh fruit. We have also negotiated discounted premiums with leading health funds.
• Emergency childcare assistance - in times when your own care arrangements are cancelled on short notice
• Learning & Development - From key milestone programs, to flexible learning options, we have developed a range of practical and interactive programs to help you reach your full potential 
• Paid study assistance - For certain qualifications, we will pay all the costs and give you time off to study. We also have a number of fellowships on offer. 
• Physical Health Fund - This Fund is designed to support your physical health, so that you can prevent and remain free from physical illness or injury. You can claim up to $275 in a financial year to cover physical health expenses 
• Holistic Wellbeing Fund - This Fund is designed to support your overall wellbeing by giving you greater flexibility and choice to claim for a wide range of services, up to $225 in a financial year 
• Get paid to volunteer - Caring for our community and volunteering is part of our culture. Participation is encouraged by granting each employee one working day per calendar year as ‘volunteer leave’.
• Car leasing & procurement program - Make pre-tax savings and salary sacrifice towards the lease cost of your vehicle.
• EAP - Our Employee Assistance Program provides independent, confidential and professional short-term counselling to you and your immediate family 
• Professional memberships - If you want to maintain a professional status, we can help by providing assistance for certain professional memberships. For our lawyers, we will also cover the costs associated with annual practising certificates and PI insurance. 
• Life & TPD Insurance - Group Life insurance covers our eligible Plum superannuation plan members in the event of death or total and permanent disablement. 
• Financial products - You can benefit from our client relationships with leading financial institutions with access to workplace banking programs providing discounted rates and other benefits. 
• Herbert Smith Freehills Day - We are proud of our heritage and celebrate it each year. You are entitled to an additional leave day each calendar year to be taken during a specified period.
• Staff discounts - You can take advantage of discounted prices across a number of different general lifestyle products and services, thanks to our relationships with clients and suppliers.
• Referral rewards - Introduce us to your friends and receive up a monetary reward when they pass their probation