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Sep 21, 2021

UKG Hires Hugo Sarrazin as Chief Product Officer

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Hugo Sarrazin has joined UKG as Chief Product Officer. Sarrazin will be responsible for the overall UKG product direction, strategy, and future roadmap, including user experience, engineering, and cloud operations.

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Sep 17, 2021

What Amazon’s $18 Average Hourly Wage Means for Other Employers

Quartz | Amazon is almost becoming like the negotiator for all hourly wage workers to a certain extent,” says Cecile Alper-Leroux, the vice president at UKG, a global HR and workforce management company that works with employers in retail, logistics, and healthcare. “They’re setting the bar.”

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Sep 16, 2021

4 Ways Emerging Workplace Tech Can Ease Perceived Labor Shortage

Toolbox HR | Organizations across industries are struggling to hire workers to fill open positions, despite high levels of unemployment throughout the U.S. Many organizations have set robust hiring goals to fuel growth, restart projects that were delayed in 2020, and react to new business needs. Unfortunately, these hiring goals are often not being met.

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Sep 16, 2021

How the New Chief Belonging, Diversity and Equity Officer at UKG is Making Lasting Changes for All

Fairygodboss | At UKG — a company that provides HR and workforce management solutions — a people-first mentality has long been a core tenet of the company culture. UKG is dedicated to ensuring that employees feel safe when bringing their whole, authentic selves to work. As a result, UKG has won a variety of accolades, such as ranking #6 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2021 list, and has an average employee rating of 4.8 out of 5 on the Fairygodboss site.

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Sep 15, 2021

Global Food Distributor to Increase Operational Efficiency, Improve Scheduling Accuracy for 68,000 Employees in France with UKG

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | Auchan, one of the world's largest food retailers and a UKG customer since 2015, is expanding its UKG footprint with UKG Dimensions to enhance operational efficiency and improve schedule accuracy for its 68,000 employees in France.

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Sep 13, 2021

UKG Expands Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a leading global provider of human capital management (HCM), payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions, today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft that can enhance the employee technology experience at thousands of organizations globally running on UKG and Microsoft solutions.