Working Smarter Café Podcast

Geofencing may involve "fences", but it doesn't have to be limiting when you know how to use it. Senior Product Manager, Jaclyn Aiken, joins us today to discuss how UKG Pro WFM customers can apply and adapt geofencing to meet their unique workplace needs. Whether your employees clock into a grocery store or a warehouse, geofencing helps increase accountability and offers useful analytics. 

You can read more about Geofencing here.

Today Sarah Marks, Customer Lifecycle Marketing Intern, joins us for a special edition of the Working Smarter Café. National Payroll week runs September 1-5 in the U.S. this year, and we're excited to take the time to highlight some of payroll professionals who make the UKG Insiders and this industry so special.

Read more about National Payroll Week and the future of payroll here.

Thanks for joining us!

Check inside the UKG Wallet™ this week with Elizabeth Greene, our Lead Strategic Alliance Manager and resident UKG Wallet expert. This episode of The Working Smarter Cafe Pod discusses Earned Wage Access and the Pay Card Program, two programs that are easy for your employees to use, and even easier for you to implement.

Check out more info on UKG Wallet and testimonies from customers here: Intro to UKG Wallet

UKG Huddles are back for 2025! Learn how to take your UKG solution knowledge to the next level by connecting with your peers and UKG product experts. Whether you work with UKG Pro®, UKG Pro Workforce Management™, or UKG Ready®, the Huddles are one-day complimentary events that will leave you motivated, educated, and entertained. 

UKG Huddle: Upcoming Events (Click to pre-register)

Dallas, TX: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

Burlington, MA: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Virtual Huddle: Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm EST

Toronto, CA: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Chicago, IL: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

In this episode, we're excited to share the new UKG Community search experience. AI-generated answers now appear at the top when you search the Community, summarizing your results and making the information you need easier than ever to find.

After listening to the episode, you can find further information on the AI-generated Answers feature on the Search the Community page.

Have you checked out the new UKG Pro mobile app? We're excited to introduce this new mobile experience, combining multiple products under one app. In this episode, we'll share how admins and their employees can easily transition to the new app at any time.

For more details on which product users will benefit from switching to the UKG Pro app, check out our helpful video presentation in the UKG Library, "Unlocking the UKG Pro Mobile App: Key Insights and Benefits."

For today's Two-Minute Tuesday Tip, Customer Marketing Program Manager, Amanda Boyle, takes a moment to talk about our UKG Ready Marketplace feature add on: EmpInfo. Shemika Jackson, Senior Director of Total Rewards at the Tampa YMCA, drops in to speak on the benefits of implementing and utilizing EmpInfo in her own organization.

Like what you're hearing? Subscribe to the podcast to catch our next episodes. And if you're looking for something to read, there's plenty of content waiting for you on the Working Smarter Cafe Blog.

Election Day is coming up soon in the United States, however, not all States categorize November 5th in the same way. In this episode, you'll discover how to update your calendar to include an additional holiday, and how to best support your employees as a company on that day.

There are plenty of resources in the UKG Community on how to add holidays into your solution, but here's a few links to resources that can get you started Pro, Ready, and Pro WFM.

In today’s episode, we are teamed up with Amanda Boyle, guest host of The Experience Expert, and special guest Brad Nycz to talk about Employee Retention. Tune in to learn about what's motivating employees to stay in or leave a role, and what companies are doing about it. Spoiler alert: it's all about flexibility.

Like what you're hearing? Subscribe to the podcast to catch our next episode. And if you're looking for something to read, there's plenty more where that came from on the Working Smarter Cafe Blog.

Internal job transfers start simple — the employee is already in your UKG Pro solution after all; how hard could it be? However, working multiple jobs, transferring from one company to another, and other complications can come into play and complicate the process. In this episode, we make sure that transferring roles within a company stays simple.

After listening, follow the links below for further details on the process.

US: https://library.ukg.com/transfer-an-employee

International: https://library.ukg.com/transfer-employees-(international)-guide

Canada: https://library.ukg.com/transfer-employees-(canada)-guide