Manufacturing

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Payroll

How Hurricane Ian Impacted Workforce Activity

Will October shape up to be a trick or treat labor market? UKG is watching for signs that workforce activity declines may be accelerating
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Workforce Management

How to Overcome 4 Communication Challenges With Your Manufacturing Workforce

It’s nearly 1.5 times more challenging now than it was in 2018 for manufacturers to find qualified talent with the right skills. Learn strategies to communicate effectively with your workforce.
Life-Work Trends

3 Proven Tactics to Empower Frontline Managers

Explore three ways to empower frontline managers to improve employee engagement and your organization’s overall success.
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Payroll

Finding Balance: Understanding the Goldilocks Jobs Market

Not too fast, not too slow: Workforce activity is changing at just the right pace.
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Payroll

What Vacations Tell Us About the Economy

Are fewer people taking vacations? UKG analyzes what the August data means for the labor market.
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Workforce Management

Behind the Chaos: A Closer Look at Cause, Impact, and a Possible Cure for the Supply Chain Crisis

UKG breaks down the complex network of supply chain challenges impacting manufacturers, 3PLs, and retailers around the world.
Employee Experience

3 Ways DEI&B Initiatives in Manufacturing Drive Organizational Success

Here’s why creating a work environment that supports all individuals helps build not only an engaged and productive workforce, but also helps manufacturing organizations stand out in the ongoing competition for talent.
Life-Work Trends

A Day in the Life of a Manufacturing Team Member, From Work-life Balance to Life-work Journey

The pandemic has shown that to thrive, employers must be flexible, adaptable, and truly invested in the needs and concerns of their employees if they want to retain their talent. To understand the reality faced by employees and organizations alike in this modern workforce, we developed a concept called the Life-work Journey™. To illustrate the positive change and flexibility that Life-work Tech can provide, read on to see a typical day in the life of a manufacturing team member.
Life-Work Trends

When Pay Is Not Enough: 3 Alternative Currencies Demanded by the Modern Manufacturing Workforce

In a world where the labor participation shortage is real and not going away, manufacturers are looking for real ways to drive productivity, performance, retention of talent, and new strategies for attracting incoming generations. What can be done?
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Talent

Snapshot: What Gen Z Really Wants in the Manufacturing Workplace

To remain competitive in the war for talent, manufacturers must create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the future workforce — Gen Z.