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UKG, a leading global AI platform unifying HR, pay, and workforce management, today announced new industry honors from Nucleus Research, Lighthouse Research, H3 HR Advisors, and HR.com as it rapidly reshapes how organizations manage and execute frontline work. In a world where workforce conditions are dynamic and complex, static workforce management is no longer enough. UKG's real-time, agentic Workforce Operating Platform was honored for continuously aligning labor, cost, and compliance.
UKG named a Leader in Nucleus Research 2026 Workforce Management Value Matrix for seventh consecutive year.
UKG Rapid Hire earned 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award for Best Frontline-Focused Solution and HR.com Best High-Volume Recruiting Solution award.
UKG earned H3 HR Advisors' HCM Technology Signal Award in “Work Beyond the Desk” category.
UKG Rapid Hire reduces time from candidate interest to scheduled interview to minutes, automating 90% of repetitive hiring tasks.
NHS Management reduced time-to-hire by 10 days, tripled apply-to-hire conversion rates, and generated $2.2M in new annual revenue.
UKG serves more than 80,000 organizations across 150 countries.
“The biggest opportunity in the enterprise is optimizing the frontline workforce, delivering real-time operations in an environment where work is dynamic, decisions happen constantly, and many small choices and changes compound business impact,” said Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at UKG. “UKG has a 50-year head start supporting the front line, and we're extending our lead with our agentic Workforce Operating Platform, helping tens of thousands of organizations move from reactive decision making to more precise, proactive frontline operations.”
Nucleus Research named UKG a Leader in the 2026 Workforce Management Value Matrix. The report highlights the UKG Pro Workforce Management suite, the No. 1 workforce management solution globally by market share, which extends the workforce management category beyond timekeeping, scheduling, and analytics by delivering real-time frontline workforce orchestration with agentic and assistive AI on UKG's Workforce Operating Platform.
“UKG has invested in supporting frontline employees through AI-assisted guidance, automated scheduling, and real-time decision support,” said Charlotte Belke, Research Analyst at Nucleus Research. “Combined with the breadth of its WFM capabilities, this positions UKG to enable organizations to coordinate and manage frontline workforce operations at scale.”
UKG Dynamic Workforce Operations: A real-time, agentic control center continuously connecting workforce data and demand signals to deliver proactive, AI-driven guidance and recommendations.
UKG Rapid Hire: An AI-native high-volume hiring solution eliminating traditional applications, using conversational chat-based interface to move candidates from interest to scheduled interview in minutes, automating 90% of repetitive hiring tasks.
UKG Shiftboard: Purpose-built for high-compliance operations, continuously automating and optimizing complex scheduling requirements.
UKG One View: Transformative global payroll suite modernizing multi-country payroll management across 160+ countries and 120+ currencies.
UKG Frontline Worker Network: First-to-market, AI-led experience for frontline employees featuring UKG Wallet on-demand pay solution.
NHS Management, the consulting arm of Northport Health Systems, implemented Rapid Hire after years of relying on manual job postings and paper applications. With the solution, NHS Management reduced time-to-hire by 10 days and time-to-interview from 3.5 days to minutes, tripled apply-to-hire conversion rates and improved candidate experience ratings surpassing 90%, and generated $2.2 million in new annual revenue by filling staffing gaps more quickly.
UKG is a leading global AI platform for HR, pay, and workforce management. Unifying award-winning solutions with the world's largest collection of workforce data and people-first AI, UKG delivers unrivaled insights into today's workforce, helping organizations in every industry turn data into decisions that elevate productivity, culture, and the customer experience. Trusted by more than 80,000 organizations across 150 countries, tens of millions of employees — from small businesses to global enterprises — use UKG every day.
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