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Life at UKG
Unique Abilities: An Interview with ADAPT Member Amber Enadeghe
U Krewer Amber Enadeghe shares a conversation on identity, support, and insights from within the community of people with different abilities at work.
HR
Are you maximizing your impact? Where HR pros at SMBs need to focus
HR teams at small to mid-sized businesses have a great opportunity to change things for the better - as long as they focus on the right areas.
Workforce Management
5 Tips for Building a Vaccine Management Program at Work
Fine-tuning your vaccine management program? Here are five key tips (plus resources) to keep in mind from chief nurse executive, Nanne M. Finis, RN, MS.
Workforce Management
Returning to the Office (Or Not): How to Manage Your Workforce Through the Transition
Day by day, do you know where your employees are working? UKG has solutions to manage your workforce – wherever they may be.
Life at UKG
Meet UKG’s New Industry Marketing Director for Retail & Hospitality
Rob Klitsch joins UKG as the new Industry Marketing Director for Retail and Hospitality. At UKG, Rob will offer his extensive industry knowledge to lead UKG’s marketing strategy across the retail, hospitality, and food service verticals.
Life at UKG
Happy Birthday, UKG!
All across the world, today we’re celebrating one year since we officially rebranded as UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group). And what a ride it’s been.
Workforce Management
Time is changing: How to responsibly support employees with technology
Time technology has come a long way - see how you can responsibly support your people with the new options uncovered over the past year.
Workforce Management
Empowering Your People and People Managers to Turn Insights into Actions with Data and Analytics
Making the right decisions today has never been more challenging and critical within healthcare. Fortunately, there are analytic tools that provide a multitude of ways to assist you with informed decision making. Read on to learn how our next generation solution, UKG Dimensions™ Analytics, delivers insights instantly to your frontline and operational people managers so they can confidently make impactful labor decisions backed by data.
Workforce Management
Lessons Learned: How Allina Health System Reached Epic Performance with UKG Extensions
The last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have shined a well-deserved spotlight on the ongoing need to have a reliable staffing method to ensure quality patient care. Allina Health System recently shared their experience during this process and discussed how they paired their EPIC system with UKG Workforce Scheduler Extensions for Healthcare to achieve key operational outcomes. Read about their takeaways and lessons learned here!
HR
Frontline Employees are Speaking Up. Here's What They Want From Work.
No one has felt the effects of the changing landscape of work quite like frontline employees. Discover their evolving needs in this data-packed blog post.
Workforce Management
Staffing: Optimism in the Face of Obstacles
Never is one day the same as the other. That statement couldn’t be more true than in the Staffing industry. It seems that with each passing day there are new curveballs brought on by the pandemic. But it’s not all gloom and doom. Remember the words John Adams spoke, “Every problem is an opportunity in disguise”, and apply it to some silver linings over the past one and a half years. Never is one day the same as the other. That statement couldn’t be more true than in the Staffing industry. It seems that with each passing day there are new curveballs brought on by the pandemic. But it’s not all gloom and doom. Remember the words John Adams spoke, “Every problem is an opportunity in disguise”, and apply it to some silver linings over the past one and a half years.
Life at UKG
Great Place to Work Joins the UKG Family
Today marks a pivotal moment for UKG: We have acquired Great Place to Work Institute.
Workforce Management
The 5 modern scheduling realities you need to consider for hourly employees
Scheduling isn't just about operational efficiency - especially when it comes to hourly employees. See what new scheduling realities you need to consider.
Workforce Management
Delivering the Highest Standard of Patient Care With Limited Resources
When all areas of a health care organization are committed to patient care as their goal, a focus on productivity and efficiency is an asset that allows them to improve their patient care.
Workforce Management
How a Proud City Built a Fiscally Sustainable Future
Learn how collaborative leadership, automated systems, and systematic checks and balances formed the basis for achieving what many would have deemed an impossible financial turnaround in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Life at UKG
Everything You Need to Know Before Joining Jacob Morgan at the Next UKG Book Club
What makes Jacob Morgan a 4x best-selling author and go-to keynote speaker among future-focused business leaders? Read on to find out.
HR
Machine Learning
Time Well Spent: This A.I. is really helping with my decision-making but I don't know why it keeps suggesting breath mints.
Workforce Management
The Myths, Mystery, and Magic of Big Data in HR
Big data has been a big mystery in the HR world, but why? Join Teresa Smith and Chas Fields as they separate big data facts from fiction.
Life at UKG
How Interns Can Make the Most Out of Their Experience: 4 Tips from Actual Interns
Internships can be an incredibly valuable journey — if you know how to navigate them. Learn these 4 tips (from actual interns) to make the most out of yours.