Employment Law & HR Solicitors in Leeds

At Quebec Law Solicitors, we understand that your people are one of your greatest assets. A well-managed and motivated workforce is essential to achieving commercial success — but we also recognise that managing employees brings legal and operational challenges.

Our specialist employment solicitors in Leeds provide strategic, practical and timely advice to employers across a range of industries. Whether you require day-to-day HR legal support, guidance on employee exits, or representation in tribunal proceedings, we are here to help safeguard your business and reduce your people-related risks.

How We Can Help

We offer clear, commercially-focused advice across the full spectrum of employment law and HR matters, including:

• Recruitment and onboarding
• Business protection and restrictive covenants
• Performance and conduct management
• Restructuring, redundancy and reorganisation
• Outsourcing, TUPE, acquisitions and disposals
• Employment Tribunal claims and defence
• Settlement agreements and employee exits
• Business immigration advice and sponsorship
• Trade union engagement and collective consultations

We also provide access to a wider HR community, regular legal updates, exclusive resources, and training to help you stay compliant and confident in your people management practices.

Your Trusted Employment Law Partner

Whether we act as your in-house HR team or support your existing HR function, you will receive technically excellent and commercially pragmatic advice — always delivered with speed and clarity.

Our approach is collaborative and proactive, aimed at helping you pre-empt issues and reduce reliance on reactive legal support.

Protecting Your Business Interests

Key employees often hold valuable knowledge, client relationships and intellectual property. We help businesses protect their investment in talent with robust employment contracts and legally enforceable restrictive covenants.

We advise on:

• Confidentiality and non-compete clauses
• Post-termination restrictions
• Protection of trade secrets and client lists
• Enforcement of restrictive covenants

We also act swiftly where former employees breach these terms, ensuring that your business, brand and revenue are protected.

Employment Tribunal Claims

No matter how strong your internal culture or management practices, most employers will face an Employment Tribunal claim at some point. We handle the entire process for you — from initial assessment to full representation.

We provide an early analysis of your defence prospects and explore whether to pursue a commercial settlement or defend the matter through to final hearing. Claims we routinely handle include:

• Unfair and constructive dismissal
• Discrimination, harassment and victimisation
• Whistleblowing claims
• Redundancy and collective consultation failures
• Unlawful deduction from wages
• Breach of contract and agency worker disputes

We support you every step of the way with clear advice and strategic representation.

Settlement Agreements

Settlement agreements can provide a practical solution to employee exits, helping you to minimise disruption, risk and cost. We advise on all aspects of negotiating and drafting settlement agreements and support you in:

• Initiating 'protected conversations' lawfully and appropriately
• Minimising risk in sensitive negotiations
• Securing enforceable, compliant documentation
• Advising on mass exits and redundancy-related settlements

We also offer independent legal advice to employees entering into settlement agreements, particularly in cases of large-scale restructures or insolvency-driven exits.

HR Consultancy Services

Alongside our employment law offering, we provide tailored HR consulting services to support your wider people strategy. Our consultants work closely with business leaders and HR teams to identify performance gaps, align structures with growth plans, and improve workforce engagement.

We Help You:

• Sharpen your organisational strategy and planning
• Improve productivity and efficiency
• Attract, retain and develop key talent
• Optimise your governance and decision-making processes
• Reinforce your business culture and leadership approach

Our HR Consultancy Includes:

• Organisational design and re-structuring
• Leadership development and coaching
• HR audits and process improvement
• Disciplinary and grievance investigations
• People strategy planning and workforce analysis

Recent Client Successes

• Supporting a well-known manufacturer with leadership performance, vision-setting, and executive coaching
• Managing major redundancy exercises for Yorkshire-based employers with full HR project support
• Handling a sensitive director-level misconduct investigation and disciplinary hearing
• Developing a people strategy for a client entering new markets and diversifying services
• Redesigning the operating model of a third-sector organisation to enhance delivery and reduce contractor reliance
• Advising on IR35-driven workforce restructuring and permanent talent retention

Let’s Talk

We are genuinely interested in learning about your business and its people. Whether you need employment law advice, HR consultancy or support with a difficult employee matter, we’re here to help.

Contact our employment law solicitors in Leeds today on 0113 345 4114 to arrange an initial consultation — or get in touch to set up a coffee and conversation. Let’s discuss how we can help your business thrive.