The People Purpose Blog

Your source for practical insights and the latest workplace ideas from experts and thought leaders in all things HR. Whether you’re a team of one or leading a global HCM and workforce management strategy, we’ll help you make smart decisions for your organization and create a great workplace for your people.

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Compensation Planning: A Practical Guide for Small and Medium Businesses

A deep dive into how to create an effective compensation plan, from understanding its components and best practices to overcoming challenges and empowering organizations in optimizing employee value and achieving sustainable success.

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Building Great Workplaces: The Power of a UKG Partnership

Customers share how their UKG partnership brings to life their great workplace mission and inspires employees to have the time of their lives at work.

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What Does UKG Do? 9 Questions for a Leading HR Software Company

We answer your questions about what UKG does, what UKG software is used for, and how partnering with UKG can make your workplace even better.

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From Exhausted to Fired Up: How to Prevent Employee Burnout

Follow these four steps to retain top talent, prevent employee burnout, and create an engaged and passionate workforce.

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Three AI Functionalities that Help Build Workplace Trust, Retention, and Satisfaction

With proper privacy and security, AI can positively impact workforce productivity and employee experience.

Latest Stories

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Life-Work Trends

Jul 28, 2020

Summer doldrums settle over US jobs recovery

The plateau in US workforce activity we forecasted earlier in the month has hit. Get the details on this latest decline and what it means.

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Life-Work Trends

Jul 21, 2020

Has our COVID-19 economic recovery topped out?

US workforce activity data is pointing to a plateau in our COVID-19 recovery - see the details with these highlights from our latest Workforce Activity Report.

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Life-Work Trends

Jul 14, 2020

Watching for a potential plateau in US economic recovery

This week's US Workforce Activity Report may be showing a slowdown in economic recovery. Get the details and stay in the know on the latest data.

Life-Work Trends

Jul 9, 2020

Adopting Agile Principles in Healthcare: Lessons from Netflix’s Lenox Hill

Success in healthcare is to be agile as an individual, and to work in agile teams we well as have a focus on work life balance. Change happens in a nanosecond. Teams must always be flexible and adaptable in their care processes, planning for the unknown.

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Life-Work Trends

Jul 7, 2020

How Independence Day impacted shift work across the country

July 4th and COVID-19 combined to drive some interesting workforce activity trends this week. Take a look at the highlights from our latest report.

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Life-Work Trends

Jun 30, 2020

3 key stats on our economic recovery from COVID-19

Check out Kronos and Ultimate's US Workforce Activity report for the end of June to see some of our latest results and why they're encouraging.

Life-Work Trends

Jun 16, 2020

Staffing: People First Strategies

The current pandemic has hit nearly every industry hard, with staffing impacted more significantly than most. As we navigate these incredibly difficult times and think about work in a post-COVID-19 era, staffing firms will need to apply learnings from the current state, both good and bad, and continue to evolve their strategies on managing employees.

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Life-Work Trends

May 28, 2020

Workforce activity and economic health: Insights on COVID-19's impact

See how the data HR and payroll teams collect sheds light on COVID-19's economic impact and tracks the steps businesses have taken to persevere.