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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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Jan 28, 2021

UKG Earns 100% on Corporate Equality Index, Named Among Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a leading global provider of HCM, payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions, earned a perfect score of 100% on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a top U.S. benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

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Oct 22, 2020

Empathy Isn’t Just for a Crisis—It’s for Everyone, Every Day

Forbes Coaches Council | Why not give the gift of empathy at work? The thing about empathy is that those who tend to give it also tend to receive it. I’m not saying that we, as leaders, should require empathy from our employees. It’s our job to earn our employees' trust. It’s our job to make hard decisions. It’s our job to shoulder the burden that the livelihoods of our employees and the financial security of their families depend on the decisions we make.

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Oct 16, 2020

Life-Work Connections of the Past: A Model for Future Technology

Forbes HR Council | For most of our modern lives, we have understood work and life as distinctly different — work is between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and life is... the rest of the time. Covid-19 quickly proved how flawed this idea was. In the last six months, we've seen that life and work are inseparable.

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Oct 13, 2020

Did Someone Say Free Food? Companies are Getting Creative with WFH Perks

CNN | Another company, UKG, which offered its working parents a virtual summer camp for their kids, is now offering after-school help this fall. It's a win-win situation: kids are entertained, while parents get a break so they can be more productive at work.

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Oct 12, 2020

Tracksuits and Laundry Service: Companies are Getting Creative with Remote Employee Perks

CNN | To help ease some of the childcare pressures working parents face, business software firm UKG provided a virtual summer camp and is offering a kids club for after school hours this fall. "It was the right thing to do," said Dave Almeda, the company's chief people officer.