Bennett Hartman is a full-service labor and employment law firm located in downtown Portland. We are a collaborative team of attorneys, united by a shared belief in justice. We combine our strengths to protect and advance the rights of real, hard-working people like you.
We’re here for you when you’ve been discriminated against, hurt on the job, or denied wages. We’re here for the families, small businesses, and communities that rely on your hard work. We’re here for the unions that have tirelessly advocated for improved working conditions for all workers.
We’ve been here since 1906, and don’t plan on giving up the fight anytime soon.
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Our expertise is in the areas of law that matter most to employees, unions, and families:
A jury in Baker County awarded $200,000 in damages to a former firefighter. Attorney Richard Myers filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jason Bybee in 2023. Baker City employed Bybee as a firefighter and EMT when he contracted COVID-19 from a work exposure. Bybee developed Long COVID and was unable to return to his firefighter […]
Read more »Attorneys with Bennett Hartman filed class action lawsuits in Oregon and Washington on behalf of Fred Meyer employees who have been shorted wages since September 2022. The lawsuits allege that Fred Meyer violated wage statutes by knowingly implementing a faulty payroll system. Fred Meyer admits the new payroll system caused pay errors. However, it had […]
Read more »Over 7,500 current and former employees of Multnomah County will receive notice of a class action wage settlement. A judge preliminarily approved the settlement and ordered notices to be mailed by August 25, 2022. The settlement ends nearly three years of litigation. In January 2019 Multnomah County switched to a payroll system by Workday, Inc. […]
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