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Help your employees reach financial wellness: 3 practical tips for HR teams
Earned wage access should be more than getting your people money fast - here's where else to focus to help ensure financial wellness.
Employee Experience
The Great Resignation of 2021: Lessons Learned in Hospitality & Food Service
You’ve probably seen the effects first-hand. When it comes to the Great Resignation, why have hospitality and food service been hit the hardest?
Life at UKG
2021 UKG Partner Network Awards
Congratulations to our 2021 UKG Partner Network Award winners for providing best-in-class innovation, collaboration, influence, and white glove service to UKG and our joint customers.
Employee Experience
Reversing the Great Resignation of 2021: Insights for Healthcare Leaders
The Great Resignation of 2021 has been sweeping across the United States for the better half of the last year, with the healthcare industry being one of the hardest hit. How can healthcare organizations combat the Great Resignation and start the reversal process? Read on to learn some key insights healthcare leaders should be implementing to recruit and retain their staff.
Employee Experience
Why Workers Keep Saying ‘I Quit’: Understanding the Great Resignation
As we’re closing in on year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, you’ve likely heard the term “The Great Resignation” by now. But what exactly is it, and why has it hit certain industries so hard?
Employee Experience
Unique Abilities: Commemorating National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the U.S., celebrating the workplace contributions of people with disabilities, or unique abilities.
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.
Employee Experience
What is DEIB at Work?
You've seen the acronym everywhere, but what does DEIB actually mean? Brian Reaves, UKG Chief Belonging, Diversity, and Equity Officer, shines a light on this essential term.
Employee Experience
What to expect with the upcoming OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
What to expect with the upcoming OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
Employee Experience
An Empathetic Guide to Celebrating Boss’s Day
October 16th is Boss's Day, and here are some empathetic (and no-cost) ways employees can help to celebrate the managers in your life this year.
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.
Employee Experience
Generations at Work: The Baby Boomer Paradox
Millennials command a lot of attention in Corporate America, but make no mistake, the generation born between 1946 and 1964 still hold quite the presence.
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.
Employee Experience
Three Best Practices for Hiring Diverse Faculty and Staff in Higher Education
Hiring with diversity and inclusion as a priority will make an impact on your educational institution in positive ways.
Employee Experience
Strategies for Elevating the Manufacturing Employee Experience: Part 1
Everyone is talking about the “employee experience” but how can organizations make progress in this critical area? This blog provides practical examples of people-centric policies, processes, and technology which can help manufacturers improve the experience for frontline employees.
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.
Employee Experience
The Benefits, Challenges, and Ambiguities of Interning Online
Now that the season of summer internships has come to a close, there's one question on the minds of future interns: Are online internships just as valuable?
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.
Employee Experience
Want to Improve Organizational Performance? Empower Your People with Actionable Data
The past 18 months have created massive disruption for manufacturers, and many had to quickly pivot to address new complexities introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. When forced to accommodate dramatic and unforeseeable demand fluctuations, manufacturers quickly learned why workforce agility is so important.
Employee Experience
The Role of HR in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
Properly managing human capital through a dramatic change, such as an M&A transaction, puts Human Resources in a key role to ensure employee satisfaction.
