Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner

The fear of neg­a­tive impact on career pro­gres­sion and oppor­tu­ni­ties are still sig­nif­i­cant issues asso­ci­at­ed with the obvi­ous bar­ri­ers to seek­ing help.

Mer­i­tas Aus­tralia & New Zealand region­al com­mit­tee chair and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of Swaab, Mary Digiglio dis­cuss­es the results of the first ever Mer­i­tas Well­ness Sur­vey. The sur­vey involved over 200 staff mem­bers from Mer­i­tas affil­i­at­ed law firms. 

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You can view the results of the 2019 Mer­i­tas Aus­tralia & New Zealand Well­ness Sur­vey and view the Press Release by click­ing the links below.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

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