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What is UKG Ready?

The UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes.UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance.…

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What is UKG Ready?

The UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights…

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Product Demos

UKG Ready Day in the Life of an HR Administrator

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UKG Ready Bryte Demo

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UKG Ready Suite Overview

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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

8.4
Avg 7.9

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.7
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

8.4
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

8.5
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

8.5
Avg 7.9

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

8.3
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

7.6
Avg 7.9

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

7.5
Avg 8.0

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.1
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

6.8
Avg 7.8

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

6.8
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is UKG Ready?

The UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes.


UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity.


For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing employee information in a single secure database to give HR teams simplified benefits administration, automated workflows, configurable forms, and real-time access to all their people data in one convenient place to help reduce administrative workload and compliance risk.

When it comes to payroll, UKG Ready calculations run continuously in the background to reduce payroll processing time and provide real-time reports and analytics. UKG Ready’s flexible pay rules engine simplifies different pay scenarios such as shift differentials and employees with multiple positions. And automatic compliance updates keep you current with constantly changing regulatory requirements.


For workforce management, UKG Ready streamlines time and attendance tasks by automating hour tracking, time approvals, and time-off requests. It also simplifies leave and accrual tracking with consistent policy application. In addition, managers can create optimal schedules based on demand, skills, and compliance rules while employees can access self-service tools for shift selection and schedule viewing. And automated expense tracking speeds reimbursement approvals for a better employee experience while offering comprehensive reporting for more informed decision making.


The Great Place To Work® Hub in UKG Ready leverages data from the global workplace culture authority, Great Place To Work, and compares it with insights gathered directly from employees, allowing for the measurement of company performance, with recommendations on improvement opportunities so employees want to stay and grow.

UKG Bryte AI™ is the platform's AI-powered sidekick and the embodiment of UKG’s commitment to help organizations become great places to work by empowering people with insights. With AI driven by people, work, and workplace culture data, users get insights to build trust and deliver personalized experiences that foster meaning and purpose.

All UKG customers receive expert support, on-demand guidance, and anytime, anywhere access to a wide range of resources.

UKG Ready Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

UKG Ready Screenshots

Screenshot of the UKG Ready Manager Dashboard with Bryte AI assistance, which puts everything managers need in one convenient location.Screenshot of the UKG Ready Employee Home (mobile view), that features everything employees need to manage their work day.Screenshot of the UKG Ready Great Place To Work Hub, which integrates Great Place To Work research, their unique people data, and employee feedback in one centralized location.Screenshot of UKG Ready Guided Analysis (mobile view), to leverage the right insights at the right times to make a positive impact.Screenshot of the UKG Ready Payroll dashboard view, that helps managers manage payroll easily and accurately, and deliver the perfect paycheck every time.

UKG Ready Videos

UKG Ready Product Tour: How UKG's tools automate processes from hiring and onboarding to payroll, benefits administration, and performance.
The All-in-One UKG Ready Suite: This customer video explores how the all-in-one UKG Ready suite, purpose-built for small to midsized businesses, empowers people to simplify processes and increase efficiency.

UKG Ready Integrations

UKG Ready Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAustralia, Canada, UK, Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, France
Supported LanguagesEnglish (US &UK), French (Canada & France), Spanish, and Dutch

Frequently Asked Questions

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR®, and Paycom are common alternatives for UKG Ready.

Reviewers rate Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of UKG Ready are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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UKG Ready is a solid HRIS solution with robust features and great customer service!

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 02, 2022
CC
Vetted Review
Verified User
UKG Ready
1 year of experience
I joined Yoga Joint about a year and a half ago, and upon hire, I immediately worked on pulling away from ADP and into UKG Ready. I had years of experience with UltiPro and was excited to see they had merged with Kronos to form UKG. We needed a full-suite solution for HR; Time & Attendance, Payroll, HR, Talent/Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management, and more. To date, we have implemented 4 modules, and I am currently working on implementing our 5th as we speak. The efficiency with how their implementation team works is amazing. They are very hands on, organized, detailed and professional. I was very pleased with the implementation of each portal and how the UKG team kept me on track to meet my deadline to Go Live. My HR Department at this time only consists of myself and my Payroll & Benefits Manager, but the level of output we receive from UKG in managing close to 175 employees makes our job manageable. The reporting features throughout their system are fabulous. Easy to use, filter on, and report on in various forms, and have built-in several workflows within each portal as well as built alerts throughout the platform, which allows UKG Ready to push out communication to staff and management very easily. Their Time and Attendance portal and mobile app is easy to use and allow our workforce to easily clock in and out and request PTO. This funnels easily into their Payroll portal, making processing payroll very seamless and smooth. I am very pleased with our choice of partnering with UKG Ready as we are a local company about to take off with massive growth, so we needed to find a solution that was able to address our needs today and scale our growth ahead.
  • Time & Attendance - Easy for workforce to use especially with the mobile app.
  • Payroll Processing - Offers step by step navigation to process payroll seamlessly.
  • Reporting Features - Ability to filter data easily and reporting feature is strong.
  • Implementation Teams - They are a true partner in this process and are detailed, professional, organized, and easy to work with.
  • Customer Service - By the click of a button, I can open a case or chat request, and UKG is very prompt in reaching back out to me. If it is regarding payroll processing, the response time is almost immediate.
Cons
  • Talent/Recruiting Portal - The application process can use improvement throughout, especially their resume parsing feature.
  • LMS Portal - This is a somewhat new feature inside UKG Ready, so may need more time to build and develop here.
UKG Ready offers a solid full-suite solution at a reasonable price that addresses our growing company's needs. The platform is very user-friendly, and their mobile app was well received throughout our workforce. They offer robust reporting capability throughout the portals, which makes it easy to report on. My sales rep was quick to address my needs, and their implementation team is very hands on and easy to work with. We recently rolled UKG Ready out to our company, and the adaption rate of our employees to grasp clocking in and out and navigating the system was exceptional. All in all, from an ROI perspective, I am very pleased with my choice in partnering with UKG and feel this solution will carry us for many years of anticipated growth ahead.

Customer on the Fence

Rating: 1 out of 10
June 10, 2021
ST
Vetted Review
Verified User
UKG Ready
1 year of experience
Payroll, HR, Training, time management and general record keeping. It is being use across the entire organization. Payroll and time management and HR data.
  • I like the fact that are dashboards that report a screen shot of what is happening
  • I like the notifications that are tied to various processes
Cons
  • Customer support. I do not like the idea of not being able to call someone with a quick question without adding a case. Waiting for someone to call you back is not helpful at all. Chat line is mostly off-line
  • SMA is relatively new to Kronos's Platform. I really felt like we were not fully trained on the system. We were not able to train our staff well either. I would really like to see short clip videos that we are able to share with new employees. I don't have time to read long documents which I find is a lot of what is on the training portal.
I would not recommend UKG Ready at this time. Again, we are new customers and I feel, we are on our own. I've added cases and I have met a few people who have been very helpful. I often asked for someone to give me a call, but I keep forgetting the help desk does not make calls, they will email you most of the time. I am a person who likes to have the customer support via phone. Had we known we were not going to receive this type of support, we probably would not have selected UKG Ready.

Very satisfied, new customer.

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 05, 2016
Vetted Review
Verified User
It is being used across the whole organization. Primarily, Workforce Ready is being used by Human Resources to facilitate electronic personnel records. It is also being used by all departments to track performance evaluations and employee disciplines. It is being used by Employee Health to monitor pre-employment healthcare requirements such as a 2 step PPD (tuberculosis test), employee physical and pre-employment drug screen. It interfaces with Timekeeper Central and integrates with our external payroll software to avoid duplicate data entries for the payroll department. It keeps track of changing demographic data needed by supervisors in all departments.
  • Layered security is a huge benefit - it ensures that only staff who need access to certain parts of an employee file have that access.
  • Employee access is another large benefit to Workforce Ready - from potential employees being able to submit their applications online to current staff being able to make changes to their demongraphic data.
  • Workforce Ready is laid out in a very user-friendly format which makes it easy to train staff.
Cons
  • The initial implementation is difficult for the HR professional to configure to provide information to the implementation team. I think this is in part because the software is so customizable to each individual company.
  • The integrations with external payroll systems would be nice to be built in to avoid costly interfaces.
  • It would be nice if there was a best-practice layout that could later be customized as you start to work with and use Workforce Ready.
This is very well suited to healthcare which needs to have meticulous HR records and often is manned by a one-person HR department. It may not be suited for someone with a small company with few users who have little need for ancillary records in personnel files such as certifications, licenses, and other requirements.

Great product, great service

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 07, 2016
Vetted Review
Verified User
UKG Ready
1 year of experience
We currently use Workforce Ready across all departments of our organization. Our main method of use is Time and Attendance, but we also utilize many other HR functions such as benefits accruals, time off/overtime requests, etc. Workforce Ready has streamlined this whole process by incorporating all of this functionality into a single platform.
  • Benefits Accruals - the rules engine behind benefit accruals is top notch.
  • Time and Attendance - very easy to understand for end users.
  • Flexibility - the program is extremely flexible supporting a seemingly endless set of use cases.
  • Reporting - all reporting is very customizable.
Cons
  • Various bugs - these are usually small items that aren't work stopping, but can be an annoyance since they pop up in random places.
  • Time off rules - these are not very intuitive. They "work", but there are various places that you need to set them up and it's not easy to figure out.
  • Documentation - this is probably the biggest con. The documentation is lacking and not kept up to date.
Kronos Workforce Ready is an excellent solution for companies that have around 300-400 employees or more. Once a company hits that size, they tend to have more complex HR rules and standards which Kronos is particularly good at handling. Less than this, there are probably many cheaper alternatives that will get you by. Kronos is not "cheap" and is not for everyone, but it's well worth the investment once an organization gets to the point where the feature sets are being used regularly.

Excellent Service and Product!

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 27, 2023
HP
Vetted Review
Verified User
UKG Ready
1 year of experience
I am the administrator, so I set up new users on UKG Ready and showed them how to use UKG Ready. I really like how user-friendly it is and how easy it is to access reports! It is so much better than the previous company we used!
  • Reports
  • Applicant Tracking
  • EEO Reports
Cons
  • Nothing I can think of
I struggle to find where to get help. I thought it said you could chat with a live agent. Other than that, I enjoy UKG Ready very well.
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