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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Why Payroll and Workforce Management Belong Together

Combined with the right workforce management technology, processing payroll doesn’t have to be a complicated, error-prone, manual process. Find out how.

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An Olympic-Sized Event Could Emerge Across America This Summer: Missing Work to Watch the Games

Millions of U.S. workers plan to skip work or watch during work hours to catch the 2024 Summer Olympics, potentially impacting productivity.

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UKG Payroll University: What Are Payroll Garnishments and Deductions?

Learn how to navigate the complexities of payroll garnishments and deductions - including your responsibilities as an employer - and best practices for managing them.

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5 Ways AI can Drive Employee Learning and Development

While there are limitless uses for AI in enhancing workflows, making predictions, and solving problems, one important application is using the technology to drive learning and development.

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What is Succession Planning? A Beginner’s Guide

Succession planning is a crucial aspect of strategic HR management that ensures the long-term success and stability of an organization. Without an effective plan, organizations put themselves in a position to face significant turmoil and uncertainty. 

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Bring Back a Rumble (or Two) to Support Culture-Based Leadership

Rumbling can help navigate conversations that require open and honest discussion, which may take employees to messy and uncomfortable places and potentially cause friction. 

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Improved Use of Data: The Power of Integrated Payroll Systems

For much of history, individuals and organizations have faced the problem of having too little information. But over the last couple of decades, that situation has reversed. Now, many companies have so much data that it can be difficult to make high-quality decisions. The amount of data they have varies based on the size of the organization, but more than 60% of organizations surveyed in the US and UK manage over than a petabyte of information. Much of that is unstructured data.

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3 Tips for Getting your HR Technologies Approved

Struggling to get your HR technology plans approved? Here's how to build your business case.

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