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May 6, 2022

NWSL’s Challenge Cup Achieves Pay Equity With Historic UKG Deal

Sports Illustrated | On Friday, UKG announced a multimillion-dollar three-year sponsorship of the NWSL Challenge Cup. This makes the 2023 Challenge Cup the first professional women’s soccer tournament to achieve pay equity.

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May 6, 2022

UKG, National Women’s Soccer League Announce Historic Multi-Year Partnership to Help Close Gender Pay Gap

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) today announced a historic, multi-year partnership, making UKG the first-ever title sponsor of the NWSL Challenge Cup, increasing the Cup bonus pool tenfold in 2022, and the total pool will nearly double again in 2023.

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May 4, 2022

UKG Honored by Google Cloud for Driving Diversity and Inclusion, Mitigating Employee Burnout

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG has been honored by Google Cloud with two Google Cloud DevOps Awards. Google Cloud recognized UKG for driving diversity and inclusion in the field of DevOps as well as for delivering solutions that help mitigate employee burnout, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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May 3, 2022

UKG Workforce Activity Report: Economy Shows Signs of Stress in April

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | The UKG Workforce Activity Report for April 2022 shows the total number of shifts worked1 by people at U.S. businesses decreased 6.3% from March to April, though no job losses are expected as the decline is largely attributed to spring religious observances.

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Aug 28, 2020

Ultimate Software, Kronos Unveil Combined Brand

HCM Technology Report | Ultimate Software and Kronos, who closed their merger in April, unveiled their new corporate identity and began hinting at plans for their combined future. Beginning October 1, the merged companies will rebrand as UKG, for Ultimate Kronos Group, and adopt the tagline “Our purpose is people.” The company said the name is meant to “build on the strength and innovation” of Ultimate and Kronos even while “signaling a singular, shared focus on inspiring workforces and businesses around the world.”

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Aug 28, 2020

Here Are the Next Steps in the Kronos, Ultimate Software Merger

HR Executive | About six months ago, HCM giants Kronos and Ultimate Software announced they would merge in a record, industry-changing merger valued at $22 billion. Now, the two companies are unveiling the highly anticipated next steps of their joint venture. Starting Oct. 1, the newly formed company will be called UKG, standing for Ultimate Kronos Group, the organization announced this week. Company CEO Aron Ain told HRE that the new tagline, “Our purpose is people,” represents the spirit of “UKG’s unwavering commitment to our employees, their families, our customers and their people, our partners and our communities, while also incorporating both companies’ strong legacies into our new brand.”