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Understanding Work-Life Balance: Questions to Ask Your Potential Employer
Ask these work-life balance questions to potential employers to ensure your career aligns with your personal well-being and happiness.
7 Must-Have Service and Support Features Your HR and Payroll Software Vendor Should Offer
Implementing HR and payroll software can transform your business with time and cost savings, improved accuracy, and better compliance. However, it’s important to make sure you also evaluate your chosen vendor’s implementation, service, and support features. In this blog post, we explore the top 7 support features a vendor should offer, including a smooth implementation process, proactive support, and experienced, flexible assistance.
Redefining Career Development for Employees through Internal Mobility and Skill Matching
Explore why skill matching matters in career development for employees and how it contributes to a people-centric culture.
Back to Basics: How Data Plays a Foundational Role in HR
Small businesses often face significant challenges in managing HR, payroll, time, and benefits data, which typically result from the use of manual processes that are prone to errors. Having a centralized location for data and processes is crucial to ensure accuracy and compliance.
2025 Megatrends: A Roadmap for the Future of the Public Sector
Dive into how UKG's 2025 Megatrends could impact the public sector in the years ahead.
Empowering Insights: A Day in the Life of a Lead Insights and Enablement Analyst at UKG
In this insightful Q&A, Callie O., Lead Insights and Enablement Analyst at UKG, shares her career journey, the challenges she faces in data storytelling, and how UKG supports her professional growth.
Customizing Payroll for Global Organizations: Navigating Complexity with a Human Approach
Navigating global payroll is complex due to varying laws, regulations, and business structures across countries. Organizations face unique challenges when managing payroll for diverse workforces, necessitating tailored solutions that comply with local requirements. Different approaches, such as in-house management, outsourcing, or hybrid models, can be employed based on specific needs. A modern payroll strategy prioritizes employee experience, ensuring timely and accurate payments while leveraging technology to streamline processes and enhance compliance. Ultimately, selecting the right payroll partner is crucial for achieving operational efficiency and employee satisfaction.
Embracing Pay Transparency to Drive Equity
Embracing pay transparency can enhance employer branding, attract diverse talent, and ultimately drive organizational success. Learn how legislation like the EU Pay Transparency Directive is revolutionizing workplace equity and how technology can help address systemic pay biases.
How to Turn Feedback Into Action: Enhancing Employee Engagement Through Listening
The most successful, profitable businesses don’t just dish out orders from the top—they listen to their people and build company cultures filled with trust and dialog.
How to Ensure HCM Implementation Success
Managing the timeline and budget during an HCM implementation requires meticulous planning, clear communication, and proactive risk management. By following these best practices, organizations can navigate the complexities of implementation while ensuring that the project delivers on its promises.
Supporting the Hospitality Workforce: Key Learnings and Insights to Employee Retention, Engagement, and Success from our Customers
National Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day is an opportunity to recognize and thank the individuals who make seamless dining and travel journeys and exceptional experiences possible. From early mornings preparing coffee and breakfast orders to late nights ensuring seamless check-ins, their dedication keeps the hospitality industry running.
5 Ways Data Plays a Role in Employee Engagement Strategies
It’s never been clearer that employee engagement strategies are essential for organizational success. In this blog post, we explore the top ways data analysis can help identify engagement drivers, monitor sentiment, personalize experiences, enhance communication, and measure initiative impact ― and how effective data usage, aided by HR technology, can create a more engaged and productive workforce.
Navigating the New Year: How HR Professionals Can Better Prepare for Benefits Enrollment
As you look ahead to a fresh new year, it's the perfect time to reflect and strategize on how to make the next benefits enrollment period smoother, more efficient, and less stressful.
Navigating Neurodiversity: How to Advocate for Yourself in Job Interviews
Learn practical strategies for neurodivergent candidates to effectively advocate for themselves and request accommodations during job interviews.
Small Business Trends: Adapting Insights from Megatrends for 2025
The annual Megatrends report is an ideal resource for learning the latest and greatest trends impacting workplaces today ― but what does it mean for small businesses? In this blog, we dig into all three Megatrends and show you how to apply them to drive success for your small business.
Kicking Off February with Record Employee Absences? Blame the Big Game.
An estimated 22.6 million1 U.S. employees plan to miss work the day after Super Bowl LIX. That’s up from 16.1 million2 employees last year, and it breaks the previous record of 18.8 million3 employees who said they’d be out in 2023, according to new UKG research conducted online by The Harris Poll.
Resolutions, Goals, and the Role AI Can Play in Our Future — Especially in Healthcare
To understand the impact and potential of AI, it is critical for all leaders to understand their employees, and especially employees in frontline roles across industries—from healthcare to retail to manufacturing to the public sector.
Top 5 Tips to Optimize Expense Management for Small Businesses
Effective expense management is the cornerstone of financial health and a key driver of growth. By mastering your expenses, you build a solid foundation, uncover cost-saving gems, and minimize financial and compliance headaches. This blog post reveals the top five tips to optimize your expense management and unlock your business's full potential.
3 Megatrends Shaping the Workplace in 2025
In collaboration with hundreds of stakeholders, primary and secondary market research, and deep data analysis, UKG has identified three Megatrends expected to shape workplaces worldwide in 2025, and in the years ahead.
Why Organizations Should Prioritize Upskilling and Reskilling to Stay Competitive
Investing in employees through upskilling and reskilling is not only more cost-effective and sustainable than constantly hiring new talent, but it also nurtures a culture of continuous learning and employee growth.