Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week — including how much it costs employees to return to the office.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the laws aim to create a “nation-leading framework” for protecting workers and consumers.

A study out of Johns Hopkins found that chatbots prompted with “woman-associated language” produced responses that were less complex than men’s.

The employer, Bollinger Shipyards, allegedly booted five candidates from its application process because of their prescription drug use.

Across manufacturing, logistics and warehousing, over 200,000 women are likely to be in the menopause age demographic. Research suggests that 1 in 10 women leave work due to menopause symptoms,

For working parents paying for childcare, that figure climbs to about $16,000 annually, per Resume.io.

While companies say that fraudulent candidates are complicating the recruiting process, job seekers are also concerned about scams, an iHire report said. 

The finance software firm is now treating AI spending as another component of an employee’s cost, alongside salary, bonuses and payroll taxes, the CFO said.

Nearly half of companies don’t plan to make any changes to their value-based arrangements in the next three years, EY found.