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Addressing Pay Inequities Among LGBTQ+ Employees
Learn about the role of the HR leader in ensuring LGBTQ+ pay inequities and discrimination are addressed so all employees have access to the same protections.
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The X Factor: From Obscurity to Prominence
As members of the Baby Boom generation retire in record numbers, control is now shifting to Gen X professionals. Read on to learn more.
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Creating a Level Playing Field for Women of Color in the Workplace
Making the workplace more equitable and disrupting the status quo requires leaning into courage. Read on to learn about The Manager's Pledge.
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Building a Better Employee Experience through Workforce Transformation
Hear insights from UKG’s President Chris Todd and Accenture’s David Shaw on how our partnership with Accenture helps customers create an optimal strategy for a more resilient, agile, and engaged workforce.
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Performing Preventive Maintenance on the Manufacturing Workforce
With preventive maintenance plans becoming an integral part of many manufacturing organizations operating procedures, it’s time to apply those same principles to the frontline workforce to combat the persisting challenge of turnover.
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Employee expectations for health and wellbeing: How HR can align
HR is facing more challenges than ever when it comes to employee health and wellbeing - and higher expectations. See where you need to focus.
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Strategies for Elevating the Manufacturing Employee Experience: Part 2
This second post in the blog series provides even more practical examples of people-centric policies, processes, and technology which can help manufacturers improve the experience for frontline employees.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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What to expect with the upcoming OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
What to expect with the upcoming OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
