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LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla | UKG today announced it has been named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024 by Fast Company, a distinction that celebrates organizations leading their fields and changing the world. An inaugural member of the first-ever category for human resources (HR), UKG stands out among just 10 companies for the impact its people-centric solutions have on helping employers meet the ever-evolving needs of workers. 

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | EPS Security, a family-owned security systems provider and a UKG customer for nearly a decade, is leveraging the AI-powered UKG Ready suite to build a great place to work for frontline employees and support its long-term growth plans. 

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | There was no “madness” in March’s workforce activity, which increased 0.9% month over month and trended positive, according to the March 2024 UKG Workforce Activity Report.

Employee Benefits News | For working parents, the pandemic has felt like one very, very long marathon. David Almeda knows this to be true. As the father of two children and the chief people officer at UKG, a HR technology company with 13,500 employees stretched around the globe, he’s had a front-row seat to the stress placed on families since the COVID-19 crisis began.

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.

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