Oregon

OSHA has proposed a new rule, OAR 437-002-0150, to implement the workplace violence prevention requirements of Senate Bill 537, enacted in 2025.

The proposal would create a dedicated OSHA standard for healthcare employers, placing Oregon alongside California, Washington, Minnesota, Virginia, and New Jersey in the growing list of states with healthcare-specific workplace violence prevention mandates.…

In DEI news:

On March 12, 2026, a federal judge in the District of Oregon granted a preliminary injunction on First Amendment grounds, holding that various environmental groups were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the government unconstitutionally terminated their grants.

In the days after the grant terminations, a government official…