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UKG: An Estimated 16.1 Million U.S. Employees to Miss Work Super Bowl Monday, Millions More Plan to Show Up Late
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Bring in the backups! An estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees plan to miss work the Monday after Super Bowl LVIII, including over 6 million U.S. employees who will risk a workplace penalty for faking sick or “ghosting” work altogether and not showing up. That’s according to new research conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of the UKG Workforce Institute, which has tracked absenteeism surrounding the big game for nearly two decades.
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UKG: January Workforce Activity Slows — But There’s More to the Story
LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Workforce activity declined 2.4% in January, turning the broader labor market trend toward neutral, after several months of relatively consistent stagnation — but there’s more to the story on what’s driving the slowdown in shift work, according to the January 2024 Workforce Activity Report published by UKG.
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Unemployment Claims Jumped Last Week as Coronavirus Cases Surge Nationwide
The New York Times | “We have definitely seen a slowdown since Labor Day, and in the last few weeks, it’s actually gone into a decline,” said Dave Gilbertson, a vice president at UKG, which provides time-tracking software to about 30,000 U.S. businesses.
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15 Tech Leaders Share The Biggest Innovation Barriers They’ve Overcome
Forbes | There is a major innovation gap between the user experience of B2B tech and the recent advances made by consumer tech. Enterprise software is often complex and outdated. Tech leaders must innovate B2B software with the same user-based approach as B2C. The focus should be on integrating software into people’s daily lives and creating a seamless, intuitive experience.
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Job Market Growth Slows Across U.S. as Covid-19 Cases Surge
Wall Street Journal | The number of weekly labor shifts among workers has been affected across regions in recent weeks, according to Ultimate Kronos Group, a workforce management software company. The weakness has been particularly pronounced in the Midwest, said Dave Gilbertson, vice president at UKG. “We’re seeing a real struggle to recover in the Midwest,” said Mr. Gilbertson.
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U.S. Coronavirus Wildfire Hitting Jobs as Broad Recovery Trudges On
Reuters | Employment at a sample of mostly small businesses from time management firm Homebase joinhomebase.com/data declined for a fourth week, and shifts worked across different industries fell, according to time management firm UKG here.