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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.
Employee Experience
Best Practices for Creating a Supportive Culture for Frontline Workers
Best Practices for Creating a Supportive Culture for Frontline Workers
Your frontline workers are the face of your company, interacting directly with customers and representing your company brand. Making them feel valued and supported is critical to your business’s growth and success. Here are some best practices for building that valuable supportive culture to help drive business success.
Talent
Top 3 Priorities for Gen Z in the Workplace
Characterized by their diversity, digital nativity, and unique outlook on work and life, this group of young people is ready to impact the future of work and society.
HR
10 Questions About the Future of AI in the Workplace
What does generative AI mean for the workforce? We answer your top questions about how it’ll impact work, plus tips for how to make AI work for your organization.
Employee Experience
The Power of Employee Perks: Enhancing the Employee Experience
In today’s job market, attracting and retaining the best talent requires more than just being paid well — offering unique perks and benefits is essential for creating an appealing hiring package and a desirable work environment that meets the high standards of modern employees.
Payroll
Maximizing Tax Credits for Small Businesses: A Guide for HR Professionals
Maximizing Tax Credits for Small Businesses: A Guide for HR Professionals
Discover how tax credits can significantly boost your small or medium-sized business's bottom line. Our latest Payroll University blog provides actionable strategies to help you maximize these valuable incentives and reinvest those funds in growth, development, and benefits for your people.
HR
5 Considerations for Choosing a Global Employee Benefits Vendor
The right employee benefits vendor can help international organizations better support employees, regardless of their location. Whether you’re just starting your search or are narrowing down your selections, here are five considerations to help you choose the right vendor.
Payroll
Global Payroll Challenges: Why Payroll is Inherently Local
The phrase "Think Global, Act Local" is something of a cliche these days, but it conveys an important truth. The world has become so interconnected that events happening on a global scale increasingly affect local states of affairs. At the same time, the compound effects of decisions made at the local level give rise to the modern world as we know it.
HR
The Top 7 Recruitment and Employee Retention Strategies for Small Businesses
The Top 7 Recruitment and Employee Retention Strategies for Small Businesses
Just because you’re a small business, it doesn’t mean you can’t have the same kind of recruitment and retention success of larger organizations. In this article, we show you the latest data on SMB HR sentiment, the importance of HR technology, and employee retention strategies for leaner businesses that reveal the secret weapon for success: a healthy culture.
HR
You Can’t Spell 'Hero' Without HR
HR was once a primarily administrative function, but that is no longer the case. This shift has been driven by a growing recognition of the importance of employee satisfaction, development, and engagement in getting to the right business outcomes.
Employee Experience
Empowering Latino Frontline Employees: Strategies for Leadership Support and Success
The Latino workforce is emerging as a pivotal demographic in the U.S., portraying the fastest growing representation in the labor force, and one of the largest segments of the frontline workforce.
Payroll
2024 Membership Survey Results: Challenges of Modern Global Businesses
UKG recently sponsored a survey with Payroll Org through their subscribers. to learn more about the real-world problems and challenges they experience in their daily lives, along with how a consolidated solution like UKG One View could help.
HR
What Does an HR Specialist Do?
Specialists should be prepared to work across the entire organization and at every level as part of the HR team.
Payroll
Managing Payroll for Different Employee Classifications: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Businesses
Managing Payroll for Different Employee Classifications: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Businesses
This informative blog provides a guide to helping you understand the fundamentals of payroll compliance employee classifications.
HR
5 Ways Strategic Recruiting Drives Frontline Worker Success
Strategic recruitment is key to managing and supporting frontline workers. Learn how a proactive hiring approach can speed up recruitment, strengthen employer branding, and ensure skills alignment while reducing turnover.
Life at UKG
Meet the Interns: A Look Inside the UKG Summer Intern Experience
From first impressions to future aspirations, hear what our interns say about their summer experiences. Discover the skills they gained, the projects they worked on, and how this journey is shaping their career paths.
HR
Always Seek to Improve Your Fighting Position
How to focus on taking action in the realm where you have control, where you have the ability to influence, and where you can maneuver to gain influence.
HR
Taking Action with HR Data: What People Analytics can Actually Achieve
People analytics can't work in a vacuum - see how to align your HR data to actions that matter for your organization's goals.
Payroll
How to Navigate the New FLSA Overtime Rule
How to Navigate the New FLSA Overtime Rule
What do the most recent changes to the FLSA overtime rules mean for you? Here's a guide to understanding the changes and how they could affect your business.
HR
HRIS, HRMS, HCM: What's the Difference?
The number of acronyms commonly associated with HR software can send many into a tailspin as they begin a search for new technology to help them attract, manage, and retain an engaged workforce. What’s the difference between HRIS, HRMS, and HCM anyway?