Ashley T. Hirano

Ashley Hirano is a senior associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's San Diego office.

Areas of Practice

Ashley provides strategic advice and counsel to employers and human resources professionals in a wide range of employment matters, including wage and hour, discipline and termination, reductions-in-force and related WARN and disparate impact analyses, and executive compensation. She prepares or provides in-depth reviews of workplace policies, handbooks and guidelines and conducts compliance audits in areas including state and federal wage and hour law, pay practices and employment procedures. Ashley also conducts extensive employee and management training, including mandatory anti-harassment training, as well as best practice wage and hour compliance training.

Ashley has extensive experience representing clients in everything from large-scale wage and hour class actions to single plaintiff lawsuits involving claims of employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She has successfully defended employers in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations and administrative hearings. Additionally, Ashley assists clients in prevailing wage and OSHA matters, as well as traditional labor defense.

Honors

Ones to Watch — Labor and Employment, Best Lawyers, 2021

San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2015-2019

Articles

Labor and Employment Law Blog Posts

• "OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 National Emphasis Program to Increase Its Enforcement Efforts," March 22, 2021
• "Cal/OSHA Provides New Guidance for California Employers to Comply With COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards," January 19, 2021
• "What the Expiration of COVID-19 Paid Leave Laws Means for California Employers," January 5, 2021
• "DOL Issues Guidance on FFCRA and Summer School/Camp Closures," June 29, 2020
• "California Counties Mandate Face Coverings & Stricter Requirements for Businesses," April 9, 2020
• "Save Local Business Act Introduced in the House," September 19, 2017 
• "Comp Time for the Private Sector: House Passes 'The Working Families Flexibility Act'," May 4, 2017, also published in JD Supra
• "California Employers – New Year, New Rules in 2017," December 23, 2016
• "The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records," May 4, 2012
• "Unlicensed Accountants Are Not Categorically Excluded From Potential Exempt Status," June 16, 2011
• "Updates to Workers' Compensation Posting Requirements," September 8, 2010  
• "California Court of Appeal Extends Wrongful Termination Cause of Action," August 5, 2010
• "New NLRA Posting Requirements," June 18, 2010
• "Ninth Circuit Extends Rehabilitation Act to Independent Contractors," November 20, 2009
• "H1N1 Virus and the Workplace: Will this Year's Flu Cause a Headache for Employers Too?" October 2, 2009

Government Contracts Law Blog Posts

• "New Employee Notification Requirements For Federal Contractors And Subcontractors," July 12, 2010

Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Law Blog Posts

• "City's "Business As Usual" Threshold OK For Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under CEQA," July 14, 2011

Events

Memberships

San Diego County Bar Association

Federal Bar Association

Digital Media