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Jan 19, 2021

Retailers Recap Highs and Lows of COVID-era Holiday Shopping Season

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | The versatility and resilience of retailers helped many stores survive 2020’s complicated holiday shopping season, which was plagued by frequent understaffing, high turnover, workplace anxiety, and a host of recruitment challenges, according to the annual end-of-season survey commissioned by UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group). While COVID-19 was undeniably disruptive to business, 3 in 5 retailers either reported an increase in year-over-year holiday sales in stores (37%) or no significant change (22%).

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Jan 11, 2021

The Top Skills Organizations Will Be Looking for in 2021

HR Daily Advisor | The Top Skills Organizations Will Be Looking for in 2021

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Jan 9, 2021

Once Again, Job Losses Fall Unequally Across the US Economy

AP | David Gilbertson, vice president at UKG, a company that makes employee time-management software, said that among his firm’s clients with fewer than 100 employees in March, 13% have now closed — more than double the figure in a typical year.

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Jan 7, 2021

Rethinking Productivity In A Remote Working World

Forbes HR Council | While few people could have predicted the conditions that made shifting to remote work necessary and pervasive, it's clear remote work is here to stay for many.

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Jan 5, 2021

December UKG Workforce Activity Report: Indicators of Strengthening Recovery Remain Elusive to Cap Off Historic 2020

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | According to the U.S. Workforce Activity Report from UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), shift work declined 3.2% in December. While this is only the second monthly decline since April’s state shutdowns—albeit the largest— it is heavily influenced by the seasonal nature of work in December.

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Dec 28, 2020

Prioritize Trust: The Biggest Workplace Imperative Of 2021

Forbes Coaches Council | On the eve of 2021, we’re supposed to get excited to read the seemingly never-ending stream of stories about trends, predictions and sometimes flat-out conjecture that purport to represent the big changes our workplaces will face in the coming year. This year might be a little bit different.