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Not long ago the European Union enacted what’s called the EU AI Act. Basically, a set of regulations governing privacy and reporting in relationship to AI. Joining me today is Jason Albert, the global chief privacy officer at ADP.

There's a shortage of teachers, and young adults could be shying away from the profession as teacher pay becomes less competitive. That's based on a conversation with ADP's chief economist Nela Richardson and a new ADP Research Institute report by ADPRI principal data scientist Jeff Nezaj.

The latest consumer price index report out Tuesday shows that prices climbed at an annual rate of 3.2% in February. That’s a slight uptick from an annual rate of 3.1% in January. Meanwhile, average hourly earnings have been rising faster, meaning that the typical worker’s wages are now outpacing inflation. After prices soared in 2022, the purchasing power of wages started to catch up last year.

The pandemic surge toward remote work, it was once hoped, would bring in a more egalitarian America, where workers no longer had to live in pricey coastal cities to advance in their career. But four years on, the remote-work revolution has had some unexpected effects—and one of them is a polarization in where bosses and frontline workers live.

The number of teacher job openings has surged, but the supply of prospective educators hasn't changed. Stagnant wages are a big reason.

At a New York startup company called August, employees enjoy “mindfulness Fridays”—a more-relaxed workday for deep focus without meetings. The company, which makes menstrual-care products, also has manager-driven quarterly “heart checks” to see how direct reports are feeling about how hard they are working and how much they are paid.

The past three years have brought substantial changes to the world of work. The pandemic shutdown, the rise of remote work, and the Great Resignation have left enormous uncertainty in their wake. Many of us still are trying to adapt. For some, stress is still a problem. The ADP Research Institute (ADPRI) has shown that stress harms employee well-being and retention, and we wanted to know more about how it affects the workplace.