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Longer Lines, Less Help on Black Friday? It Wasn’t Your Imagination, Finds UKG
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | An analysis of high-frequency shift work data from UKG shows the total number of shifts worked in the retail sector on Black Friday 2022 declined 5%, compared with 2021. The decline mirrors predictions leading up to the shopping holiday, which indicated that inflation, coupled with continued growth in online commerce, would prompt traditional brick-and-mortar retailers to temper staffing amid shoppers’ changing preferences.
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UKG Helps Footwear Innovator Crocs, Inc. Unify Global People Operations
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Crocs, Inc., a world leader in innovative casual footwear, is unifying workforce operations across its global enterprise with UKG technology.
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UKG Announces 2022 Innovation Award Winners at UKG Aspire
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people, today announced winners of the UKG Aspire 2022 Innovation Awards, which celebrate customers using UKG people technology in innovative ways to solve complex problems, create empowering workplaces, and drive exceptional business outcomes.
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Slight Reduction in New Jobs Expected for October as Workforce Activity Declines Begin to Steepen, Labor Market Cooling Continues
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | The UKG Workforce Activity Report for October 2022 shows the total number of shifts worked1 by people at U.S. businesses decreased 0.9% since September 2022 while the monthly index dropped half a point to 97.1, reflecting a steady cooling of the labor market entering the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Analysis: Omicron Begins to Leave Mark on U.S. Economy, but Unlikely to Derail It
Reuters | The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held below pre-pandemic levels last week. And while workplace activity declined slightly last week after rising earlier in December, it was in line with the drop seen heading into the holidays in 2019 and stronger when compared to the same time last year, said Dave Gilbertson, vice president of the payroll management firm UKG.
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Beyond the Great Resignation: 3 Trends Shaping the Next Decade
HR Executive | “A lot of traditional blue-collar work has been so deeply impacted by rapid digitalization that their jobs have changed significantly. [Even] the simple factory work has now changed that—these same employees are now managing robotics and AI,” Karina Monesson, senior manager of human insights for UKG, said during a panel session at the recent UKG Connections conference in Las Vegas
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