Employment and HR issues affect every organisation.
Whether it is taking on more staff to deal with growth in your business, reassessing workforce levels in light of restructuring, or managing your current employees, it pays to have the best people on your side.
Our award-winning, multi-disciplined team of Solicitors and Human Resources professionals work 
together to ensure you receive commercial, practical and pragmatic advice and support. Our team is fully equipped and ready to pitch in with you to provide commercially focused advice.
With one of the largest specialist employment law teams in the North of England, we can offer the strength in depth to tackle any issue.
We have eight partners, twenty additional solicitors and CIPD qualified professionals all of whom specialise exclusively in employment law, practice and procedure.
We have experience of every conceivable HR situation, in particular:
- Trade Unions
- Tribunal claims
- TUPE transfers
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures
- Restructuring/redundancies
- Immigration
- Contracts of employment, policies and procedures
- Settlement agreements
- Equal pay
- Investigations and training
- HR consultancy
- Restrictive provisions and confidentiality
A reputation for high quality work and client-focused, accessible advice means our services are in demand from an array of employers, from SMEs to major national and international plcs, Schools and Academies, Social Housing, Recruitment, Local Government, NHS Trusts, Healthcare providers and Charities.
Matching expertise with innovation, we also offer a range of service packages each shaped to meet your business requirements:
- SMEs
- Education
- Large private sector businesses
- Social Housing
- Charities
- Recruitment
- NHS
- Healthcare practices
For more details on all of our employment advice services, please get in touch.
What Our Clients Say
-
"We have used the services of Ward Hadaway (and in particular Joe Thornhill) on many occasions over the last few years and found the advice and guidance given by them to be honest, pragmatic and ultimately successful in all instances. We would have no hesitation in recommending their services to anyone seeking experts in employment law."
Gavin Wragby, Operations Director, White Bros.
-
"Ward Hadaway have been providing Employment Law advice and support to our business for a number of years and have consistently delivered a professional, high quality service. Either when dealing with day to day ad-hoc legal queries or more complex issues, their support is always considered, pragmatic and delivered in a clear, no-nonsense manner. A delight to work with."
Nicky Gallagher, HR Business Partner, UK, Armstrong World Industries Ltd.
-
"We have used the Employment Law Scheme offered by Ward Hadaway for many years now and would recommend it without question to other companies thinking of joining. As we do not have an in-house HR department we find it invaluable to be able to contact Ward Hadaway on day to day employment matters and to know that we will receive timely responses to our queries."
Graeme Beales, Operations Director, Helena Biosciences.
-
"Ward Hadaway have been acting as our professional advisors on employment matters for the more than a decade. Whilst we have a professional relationship we also feel they are our partners who provide solid advice not only on staffing problems but also on employment law and its effect on the business. Over the years they have helped with many of our employment needs not only with the business needs in mind but also to the benefit of the staff. We treat them as our ‘in-house’ HR department as we can call with even the smallest problem and receive rapid and clear instructions to solve any issues or keep up-to-date with legislation, freeing up our time to run the business. All of this is backed by a liability cover which means that we can be comfortable as a business that, if things were to go wrong, we have a backup on which we can rely. I have no reservation in recommending Ward Hadaway’s employment team as a first class, cost-effective solution to your employment needs."
David Boyes, Director/Company Secretary, AESL.
-
"Home Group has used the Employment Team at Ward Hadaway for a number of years and always found their advice to be both commercial and pragmatic. Paul Scope, Graham Vials and the team have taken the time to really understand our business and we work in close partnership with them both in relation to individual cases and the continuous professional development of the HRD team and our investigating managers. We've recently received advice on a number of issues related to a major transformational change programme and found Paul’s support invaluable. I would highly recommend their services."
Dominica O'Neil, Head of HR, Home Group.
Independent Verdict
-
"Instead of constantly hearing 'you', we are always hearing 'we' from Ward Hadaway."
Client quote, Chambers & Partners
-
"Offers a wide range of services to clients, with particular expertise relating to TUPE transfers, industrial action and restructurings. Houses a strong team of advocates who make regular appearances before the Employment Tribunal, handling claims relating to discrimination, equal pay and whistle-blowing."
Chambers & Partners
-
"Highly regarded for its expertise in the education and social housing sectors, and represents a large number of SME clients. Particularly active recently in restrictive covenant enforcement and equal pay claims, and maintains strong offerings in training and insurance matters."
Chambers & Partners
-
"Very approachable and effective: they speak in layman's terms."
Chambers & Partners
-
"The client care the team provides is excellent and they are very competitive in terms of money. The lawyers are personable, proactive and responsive."
Client quote, Chambers & Partners
-
"The team is praised for its advice to national and multinational private sector employers on contentious matters."
Chambers & Partners
-
“Lauded for its ‘expert knowledge, impressive ability and competitive rates’…”
Client quote, Chambers & Partners
