UKG is a global enterprise HCM and workforce management platform, combining the scheduling and time-tracking heritage of Kronos with the HR and payroll capabilities of Ultimate Software. Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises, UKG is used by over 70,000 organisations worldwide. It offers two primary products: UKG Pro (enterprise HCM for 500+ employees) and UKG Ready (mid-market, typically 100–2,500 employees), both covering time and attendance, scheduling, payroll, HR, and workforce analytics.

■ Key Features

• Enterprise time & attendance: Rooted in Kronos's four decades of timekeeping expertise, UKG's time and attendance tools cover scheduling, labour forecasting, compliance tracking, fatigue management, and automated timesheet processing — purpose-built for complex, large-scale shift-based environments.

• Labour compliance & scheduling: Configurable rules engine handles complex scheduling compliance — including award and enterprise agreement conditions, overtime thresholds, break requirements, and Fair Work obligations for Australian deployments.

• Unified HCM suite: Combines payroll, HR administration, benefits, talent acquisition, performance, learning, and workforce management in a single platform — reducing the need for point solutions across the HR function.

• AI & predictive analytics: AI-driven workforce insights including predictive scheduling, absenteeism modelling, and labour cost forecasting — enabling HR and operations leaders to make data-driven decisions across headcount and workforce planning.

• Global & multi-entity capability: Supports multi-country payroll and compliance requirements, making it viable for Australian organisations with international operations or multi-entity structures requiring consolidated workforce data.
  
  

■ Who It's Best Suited For

• Large Australian enterprises (typically 500+ employees for UKG Pro; 100–2,500 for UKG Ready) in industries with complex shift patterns, labour compliance requirements, and significant headcount — including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, logistics, and the public sector

• Organisations that have outgrown mid-market workforce management tools and need enterprise-grade scheduling, compliance controls, and HCM depth on a single platform

• Businesses with existing global or multi-entity HR infrastructure that require a workforce management layer capable of handling cross-jurisdictional complexity
  
  

■ Integrates With

SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, ADP, Microsoft 365, Boomi (Pro Integration Hub), and 300+ third-party apps via API.