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Retailers Grapple with How to Manage Customer Expectations, Staffing Issues Entering Another Unconventional Holiday Season
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | It’s a complex time of year for retailers in any economy — but in 2022, record-high inflation, continued blowback from global supply chain disruptions, and an intensely competitive labor market threaten to take the “happy” out of holidays before the season even starts. Retailers surveyed1 by UKG say they’re committed to elevating the customer experience in stores for the holidays.
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Labor Market Settles into Period of Relative Consistency
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | The UKG Workforce Activity Report for September 2022 shows very slight movement in workforce activity for the seventh consecutive month.
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Some Former Restaurant Workers are Finding New Careers in Other Kitchens
Marketplace | “Health care and hospitality — there’s plenty of jobs available, but boy, they’re really tough jobs to do,” said Dave Gilbertson, who tracks the U.S. workforce at payroll-processor UKG, which is a Marketplace underwriter.
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Take it from an Expert: Listening is the Best Tool to have in Your DEI Arsenal
Employee Benefits News | The DEI acronym has grown to include the concept of belonging, and it seems employers and leaders have their work cut out for them. Brian Reaves, chief belonging, diversity and equity officer at UKG, says that to not be heard is to not be valued.
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Goods that Haven't Left China yet Won't Be Here in Time for the Holidays
Business Insider | A recent survey from UKG, a workforce-management group, found that about 85% of retailers expect supply-chain disruptions to affect customers.
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We Need to Allow Everyone to Work Differently — Including Frontline Workers
Forbes | The Great Resignation and ensuing labor shortage have caused business leaders to realize — some for the first time — the need to invest in frontline workers and technology that better accommodates their evolving needs. To recruit and retain trained talent, leaders need to embrace new ways of working for everyone.