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Dec 5, 2023

UKG: Workforce Activity Trending Up, November Strongest Month Since June

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | November was the strongest month for workforce activity since June, even when accounting for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the November 2023 Workforce Activity Report published by UKG. Shift work increased 0.4%, with gains across most sectors, signaling more strength for the remarkably steady labor market.

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Feb 25, 2021

U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell Sharply Last Week

The Wall Street Journal | Ultimate Kronos Group, a workplace software firm, said the number of shifts worked by employees across the U.S. fell last week, led by a 58.5% drop in Mississippi and nearly 50% declines in Texas and Louisiana.

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Feb 23, 2021

Do You Manage Up or Down?

Strategy+Business | One example of an effective model comes from Aron Ain, the CEO of Ultimate Kronos Group (known as UKG), an HR software company based in Lowell, Mass.

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Feb 22, 2021

Key Management Skills for the Age of Remote Work

HR Daily Advisor | “Virtual micromanagement happens when managers monitor the productivity of their distributed teams more closely than in-office reports,” says Cecile Alper-Leroux, VP of Human Capital Innovation at UKG.

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Feb 19, 2021

Who’s Watching the Kids? As Vaccine and School Progress Stalls, Working Moms are on the Brink

NBC News | “This is all compounding, and it is snowballing because kids are not in school, allowing parents to be back at work,” said Chris Mullen, executive director of The Workforce Institute at UKG.