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How to Reduce Stress and Improve Job Satisfaction for Union Workers

In early 2023, Shiftboard released its most recent State of the Hourly Worker Report. The research uncovered fascinating findings into the mindset of hourly workers — and offers many takeaways employers can use to create a happier and more engaged workforce. One key theme: the important role flexi...

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New Study Reveals Why Employers Should Adapt to Millennials and Gen Z Desire for Schedule Flexibility

SEATTLE – April 5, 2023 – Shiftboard, a global leader in workforce scheduling, announced the findings of its survey, The State of the Hourly Worker. The survey revealed that Millennials and Gen Z rate schedule flexibility as a top priority for job satisfaction, far higher than Gen X and Baby Boo...

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Shiftboard Announces Second Year of
Record-Breaking Growth Among Manufacturers

SEATTLE – April 5, 2023 – Shiftboard, a global leader in workforce scheduling for mission-critical operations, announced its second year of record-breaking growth in manufacturing. With a 155 percent increase in new manufacturing customers, Shiftboard more than doubled its manufacturing revenue ...

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2023 Labor Laws — What Should You Expect?

We update this article every year. You can find our posts on 2022 laws and 2021 laws here. Last year, manufacturers and other industries with hourly and shift-based workforce operations saw the continued passage of various labor and employment laws — most notably surrounding COVID-19. With the Bid...

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Top 3 Trends Shaping Employee Scheduling Today and How Employers Can Adapt

To describe global events over the last few years as disruptive is a gross understatement. Between the pandemic and its vast ongoing impacts, rising inflation, a highly publicized war, and myriad other crises, hundreds of millions of people are navigating unprecedented challenges in daily life. Work...

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5 Ways to Increase Workforce Agility to Meet Your Production Targets

By its nature, manufacturing workforce management is multi-faceted and highly dynamic. Especially now, when the new world of work is a massive jigsaw puzzle that changes daily but must be finished at record speed — requiring those in charge to figure out which pieces go where for exactly the right...

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Shiftboard Announces Record-Breaking Growth and Momentum Among Manufacturers in North America

SEATTLE – April 20, 2022 – Shiftboard, announced record-breaking growth and momentum among manufacturers...

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Shiftboard Announces Sponsorship of Ian Herbert-Jones and the 2022 Golden Globe Race

SEATTLE – April 07, 2022 – Shiftboard is proud to announce its sponsorship of Ian Herbert-Jones and the 2022 Golden Globe Race (GGR). A British amateur adventure sailor and former Shiftboard employee, Herbert-Jones will attempt the single-handed, non-stop, 30,000-mile sailing race around the wor...

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2022 Labor Laws – What Should You Expect?

We update this article every year. You can find our posts on 2021 laws and 2020 laws here. In 2021, manufacturers saw the passage of numerous labor and employment laws — most notably surrounding COVID-19 — with many businesses still grappling on how to best address them. The pandemic’s continu...

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Launching a Workforce Flexibility Initiative? Here’s What You Need to Know

Workforce Flexibility Series – Part 2 We recently completed another installment of our Manufacturing Leaders Roundtable Series with four manufacturing experts from HR, supply chain, and labor consultancy disciplines, focusing on the role of workforce flexibility in helping combat the labor shortag...

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The Role of Workforce Flexibility in Manufacturing

Workforce Flexibility Series – Part 1 We recently completed another segment of our Manufacturing Leaders Roundtable Series with HR and operations experts from industries with high-volume staffing requirements. With continued labor stressors on operations leaders and frontline workers remaining hig...

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Shiftboard Wins Gold at 2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards

SEATTLE – January 19, 2022 – Shiftboard, a global leader in enterprise workforce scheduling, today announced that it won a coveted gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Award for “best advance in time and labor management.” “We’re thrilled to be recognized by the Brandon Hall ...

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