Samantha D. Hardy

Samantha D. Hardy is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's San Diego Office. She leads the firm's Retail team, and is active on the Food and Beverage team.

Areas of Practice

Samantha practices labor and employment law, with a focus on defense of employers in all types of labor and employment matters, as well as on proactively advising employers to avoid litigation. Samantha has handled single plaintiff discrimination, retaliation, harassment, failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, and defamation cases, as well as other statutory, contract and tort-related claims, and has developed an expertise in California and national wage and hour issues. She has a significant amount of experience representing employers in class actions, both within California and nationwide, as well as representing employers before administrative agencies. Samantha regularly advises management on wage-and-hour issues, leave laws, workplace violence prevention, the disability accommodation process, and the discipline and termination processes. She also regularly reviews and prepares handbooks and other employment-related documents, as well as conducting large-scale audits to identify potential violations. Samantha has been active in influencing legislative changes of interest to her clients both inside and outside California.

Honors

San Diego Super Lawyer, 2015-2018

Legal 500 US, Employment Law Counseling, 2007

Insights

Articles

•Everything You Wanted to Know About Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits But Were Afraid to Ask
•Regular Rate of Pay: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Calculating Overtime Pay in California
•Federal Computer Employee Exemption: Are You in Compliance?

Speaking Engagements

•Ms. Hardy speaks frequently to various employers' groups on a variety of issues and is a frequent presenter of the firm's Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer seminars.
•Speaker, Now You See It, Now You Don't - Keeping Up with California's Ever-Changing Wage and Hour Laws, National Retail Federation HR and Employment Law Fall Meeting, New York, October 22, 2018
•Co-presenter, The Impact of Recent Marijuana Laws on the Workplace: A Joint Presentation, 2013 Committee on Employment Law Spring Conference, Longboat Key, Florida, April 2013

Events

•Webinar With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2020 Seminar Series, 04.30.2020

•Navigating Complex Legal Issues Resulting From COVID-19: What Retailers Need to Know
via Zoom, 03.18.2020

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego
Fall 2019, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 10.17.2019

•Retail's Top 5 Legal Trends & Issues Webinar
05.09.2019

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2019 Seminar Series, 04.30.2019

•National Retail Federation HR and Employment Law Fall Meeting
October 21-23, 2018

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego
Fall 2018 Seminar Series, 10.11.2018

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2018 Seminar Series, 04.04.2018

•ACC San Diego Chapter MARCH MCLE: San Diego Employer Watch-List for 2017
03.23.2017

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego
Fall 2015 Seminar Series, 10.22.2015

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2015 Seminar Series, 05.14.2015

•Labor & Employment Legal Update & Happy Hour
Fall 2014 Seminar Series - San Diego, 10.28.2014

•WORKPLACE 2015
Prepare Today for Tomorrow's Emergencies, Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Diego, 10.22.2014

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2014 Seminar Series, 04.03.2014

•ACI's 19th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions
Omni San Francisco Hotel, Fall 2013

•Labor and Employment Law Update and Happy Hour - San Diego
Fall 2013 Seminar Series, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 09.17.2013

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Spring 2013 Seminar Series, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 05.01.2013

•Labor and Employment Law Update & Happy Hour Fall 2012 - La Jolla
Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 09.19.2012

•Labor and Employment Law Update & Happy Hour Spring 2012 - San Diego
Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 04.26.2012

•Social Media: How to Minimize Legal Risks and Maximize Commercial Success
Sheppard Mullin Century City, 10.19.2011

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
Labor & Employment Law Update Fall 2011, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 09.14.2011

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego
Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 03.24.2011

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - San Diego
Our New, Improved, and FREE Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer (in the Evening!), Hyatt Regency La Jolla - San Diego, 09.16.2010

•Labor and Employment Law: Mid-Year Update 2009 - San Diego
Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, 09.17.2009

•ACC San Diego Chapter JULY MCLE: Employment Law Trends and Predictions
Sheppard Mullin's Downtown San Diego Office, 07.23.2009

•New Labor & Employment Laws for 2009 - San Diego
Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, 02.19.2009

•Labor and Employment Law: Mid-Year Update 2008 - La Jolla
Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 10.08.2008

•Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - San Diego
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, 02.20.2008