Overview of Services
Our premier labor and employment practice focuses exclusively on management-side employment law. We partner regularly with clients in a wide variety of industries, including construction, manufacturing, health care, senior housing and care, finance, transportation and logistics, government and public agency.
We represent prominent national clients, as well as clients with a statewide and regional presence. We proudly have many longstanding client relationships, including some lasting more than 30 years.
Our attorneys have a reputation for strategic thinking, problem solving and leading edge advocacy. We provide a comprehensive range of services, including complex class action litigation defense, single and multi-plaintiff litigation defense, representation in arbitrations and other traditional labor law matters in unionized workplaces, and employment law advice and counseling.
Areas of Expertise
- Civil Rights and Impact Litigation
- Complex Employment Class Actions
- Employment Discrimination Class Actions
- FLSA Collective Actions
- PAGA Representative Actions
- Wage and Hour & Meal and Rest Break Class Actions
- Contractual Employment Arbitrations
- Disability Accessibility Issues
- Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Litigation
- Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Litigation, including EEOC and DFEH Matters
- Employee Benefits Litigation
- Employment Agreements
- Employment Law Advice and Counseling, including Managing Leaves of Absence, Discipline, Performance and Separation
- Harassment Investigations and Trainings
- Labor Arbitrations
- NLRB Hearings and PERB Hearings
- Personnel Policies and Handbook Review
- Reductions in Force and Layoffs
- Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
- Union and Collective Bargaining Matters
- Wage and Hour Advice and Litigation, including Class Actions, Labor Commissioner Claims, and DLSE and DOL Investigations
- Whistleblower Litigation
Key Contacts
News & Resources
Hanson Bridgett Adds Experienced Labor and Employment Partner in Los Angeles
May 22, 2023 (Los Angeles, CA) - Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that Sonia Salinas has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice.
EDD Provides California Employers Payroll Tax Relief in the Aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
The Ninth Circuit Hands Business Groups A Win By Striking Down AB 51, Which Punished Employers For Mandating Arbitration of Certain Employment Claims
Ninth Circuit strikes down AB 51 – California’s legislative attempt at punishing employers who mandate that its employees and any applicants for employment agree to arbitrate certain employment related claims.
Weed And The Workplace: California’s New Law Protecting Employee Cannabis Use
California’s new law will prevent employers from punishing employees or refusing to hire applicants based on off-duty cannabis use, or for failing a drug test that detected non-psychoactive metabolites in their system
2022 Mid-Year Labor & Employment Seminar On-Demand Video
On-Demand video from the 2022 Mid-Year Labor & Employment Seminar
U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Individual PAGA Claims Can Be Compelled To Arbitration
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
New Masking Guidance for California Employers
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issues new guidance on the state's masking requirements to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
California Re-Issues 80 Hours of COVID-19 Sick Leave Mandates – SB 114
Employees again are entitled to up to 80 hours of employer-paid sick leave for COVID-related absences through September 30, 2022
The 'Pokemon' Case – Court Upholds Termination Based on Unintentional In-Car Dash Cam Recording of Peace Officers Hunting a Snorlax
Police officers who missed a radio call while playing an augmented-reality mobile game based their appeal on eavesdropping claim
Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirements for COVID-19-Related Absences
California employers will once again be required to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19-related absences