Labor/Employment
Jul. 30, 2025
Caution: Whistleblower zone ahead - proceed with legal counsel
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Bryan L. Hawkins
Partner
Stoel Rives LLP
500 Capitol Mall Ste 1600
Sacramento , CA 95814
Phone: (916) 447-0700
Fax: (916) 447-4781
Email: bryan.hawkins@stoel.com
UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA
Bryan is a litigator practicing in the firm's Labor and Employment group with extensive jury and bench-trial experience. He represents employers in employment-related litigation in court and before administrative agencies such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His practice also involves counseling employers on employment-related issues, including handbooks and policies.
In 1984, the California Legislature passed California Labor Code section 1102.5, providing whistleblower protection to employees. In its current form, section 1102.5 protects employees from reporting -- either internally or to governmental and/or law enforcement agencies -- violations of "state or federal statute, or a violation of or noncompliance with a local, state, or federal rule or regulation." In order to properly plead a violation of this section, a plaintiff must identif...
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