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Super Bowl Can Mean Super Absences the Next Day

SHRM | In fact, 8.8 million workers plan to take a preapproved day off, according to the 2021 Super Bowl Absence Survey by The Workforce Institute at UKG and The Harris Poll.
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How Companies Can Support Employees with Disabilities During Remote Work and Beyond

ToolBox HR | The shift to remote work forced many managers and business leaders to step back and rethink longstanding rules and assumptions about the workplace –– a change that is opening doors for employees with both visible and invisible disabilities as accessibility takes centerstage, writes Cecile Alper-Leroux, Vice President, Human Capital Management Innovation at UKG.
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UKG Workforce Activity Report: January Shift Contraction Marks First Time Shifts Have Declined in Consecutive Months During Pandemic

LOWELL, Mass. and WESTON, Fla. | According to the U.S. Workforce Activity Report from UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), total shift work1declined 3% in January. This marks the first time during the pandemic that shift work declined in consecutive months—though the January decrease can be attributed, in part, to annual seasonal fluctuations in the workforce that occur following December.
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16.1 Million U.S. Employees May Be Sidelined by Monday’s Super Bowl Hangover

LOWELL, Mass. and WESTON, Fla. | An estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees may miss work the Monday after Super Bowl LV, according to the annual Super Bowl absenteeism survey commissioned by The Workforce Institute at UKG and conducted online by The Harris Poll among more than 1,000 employed U.S. adults. However, more than two-thirds of U.S. employees (69%) say they would feel guilty pretending to be sick to get out of work on the day after the Super Bowl this year when so many people are actually sick.
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June Shift Work Growth May Point to Improved Unemployment Outlook

LOWELL, Mass. | From June 1-28, the total volume of shifts worked grew 5.9%, including 2.4% from June 22-28, continuing a slow but steady economic rally that began the week ending April 12, when U.S. shift work hit “the bottom.”
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Ultimate Software and Kronos Equity at Work Council Seeks to Address Workplace Inequities, Invites HR Leaders to Join the Conversation

LOWELL, Mass. | Ultimate Software and Kronos Incorporated today announced the Equity at Work Council (EWC), an interdisciplinary group of innovators and practitioners working together to understand and develop the science underpinning diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B).
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