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Quick Hits In Winn v. Blakeslee Vineyard Estate, Inc., 352 Or App 803 (2026), the Oregon Court of Appeals resolved a previously unsettled question under ORS 652.615 in the employer’s favor. The court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s class claims under ORCP 32 I’s notice-and-cure mechanism and separately affirmed the dismissal of her individual claims for failure to prosecute. Chief Judge Lagesen dissented, concluding that the plain text of…

Quick Hits New York City recently adopted final amended rules implementing the Fair Chance Act, which limits employers’ criminal history inquiries and consideration of criminal histories in taking adverse actions against applicants or employees being considered for promotion or transfer. The rules requires employers to allow at least five business days for candidates to respond to inquiries about their criminal history before revoking offers or taking adverse actions—up from three…

Quick Hits The U.S. Department of Labor recently updated its tipped-employee guidance to reflect the Fifth Circuit’s 2024 decision in Restaurant Law Center and the reinstatement of the original dual jobs regulation. The FAB withdraws outdated materials and clarifies how employers should distinguish tipped and non-tipped work. Among other things, the bulletin states that percentage-based limits on duties within a tipped occupation no longer reflect Department policy. The Dual Jobs…

Quick Hits In the event of a discriminatory rejection, employers in Germany are, in principle, liable for lost earnings under Section 15 (1) AGG. The claim ends once the affected person has become established in other employment. The chain of causation is broken once the person has taken up suitable new employment that has become established. Proportionality and the general risks of life limit liability. The Case—Age Discrimination in an…

Quick Hits B.C. employers that had fifty or more employees on January 1, 2026, must publish their first pay transparency report by November 1, 2026. Reports must disclose gender-based gaps in hourly pay, overtime, and bonuses, as well as the gender makeup of pay quartiles. Reporting is an annual obligation. Which Employers Must Report Unless exempted by regulation, an employer becomes a “reporting employer” based on its headcount on January…

Quick Hits A claim under Section 12 (3) of the German General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG)) for measures against a colleague requires that the colleague’s conduct constitutes discrimination based on a characteristic listed in Section 1 AGG. Assigning a long-tenured employee to share an office with trainees does not, without more, constitute age discrimination. Rudeness is not workplace bullying; conduct rises to that level only when it is…

Quick Hits The rule would withdraw what the EEOC describes as the UGESP’s “interpretive” portions, which likely include its guidance on identifying adverse impact and validating employment tests and other selection procedures. The UGESP’s recordkeeping requirements are subject to a separate, earlier-stage proposal. The final rule’s text is not yet public, and current legal obligations generally remain in place until a final rule is published in the Federal Register and…

Quick Hits Effective October 1, 2026, employers in Connecticut must provide written notice to workers before conducting electronic monitoring in the workplace. Under Substitute Senate Bill 472, which Governor Ned Lamont signed into law in June 2026, employers must provide newly hired employees with a clear written statement describing which activities are prohibited by the employer and may be monitored without giving prior written notice. Violating the law may result…

Quick Hits TPS for Ukraine and Sudan was scheduled to end on October 19, 2026. Pursuant to the updated announcement made on October 19, 2026, TPS Ukraine and TPS Sudan beneficiaries continue to have work authorization. USCIS has not announced an extension, a termination, or a new employment authorization document (EAD) auto-extension date. USCIS’s alert does not announce a formal TPS extension or termination for either country, Ukraine or Sudan.…

Quick Hits New Jersey Senate Bill S4685 prohibits law enforcement officers, first responders, CDL drivers, or persons who operate heavy equipment from engaging in the recreational use of cannabis. If enacted as proposed, the bill would allow employers to take adverse action against such employees or applicants who use cannabis recreationally, and to conduct random drug tests to enforce compliance. S4685 remains pending before the New Jersey Legislature. If enacted,…

Quick Hits The Supreme Court declined to hear former NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox’s challenge regarding the president’s authority to remove NLRB members, effectively ending her case for reinstatement. This decision leaves in place a D.C. Circuit decision holding that the president’s power to remove NLRB members could not be restricted by Congress. The decision aligns with Trump v. Slaughter, in which the Court upheld the president’s authority to remove a…

Quick Hits On October 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied a preliminary injunction sought by five organizations whose members include government contractors, leaving Executive Order (EO) 14398 in effect while the case proceeds. The court found the groups were unlikely to succeed on their First Amendment and Fifth Amendment claims because the EO defines the prohibited activities as “disparate treatment based on race or…

Quick Hits Governor Matt Meyer signed amendments to the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act on September 2, 2026, that further limit profiling and automated decision-making based on the personal data of job applicants, employees, and independent contractors. Violations of the law can result in civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation. The amendments will take effect on January 1, 2027. The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) took effect on…