The COVID-19 pandemic led employers to set aside in-depth employee engagement surveys so they could focus instead on stabilizing their operations and addressing workers’ immediate wellbeing, but in doing so they may be paying a steep price now. So reports Human Resource Executive.

Unionized workers at Starbucks flipped the script on the coffee chain’s annual “Red Cup Day” where customers receive reusable cups when ordering holiday drinks. So reports CBS News.

The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says regulating the technology that drives artificial intelligence is not his agency’s focus, but rather if the use of that technology has led to unlawful employment discrimination. So reports JD Supra.

Worker satisfaction reached a three-year low in the third quarter with those employed in the restaurant, food and beverage industries ranking among the least happy. So reports Bamboo HR.