WorkAxle is an alternative to Kronos Workforce Central and UKG for multi-site operations with union and labor-law rules. It covers demand forecasting, scheduling, time and attendance, leave and payroll export, and its rule engine carries the rules you set from your collective agreements and labor law.
Replacing Kronos or UKG? Start from your rules.
Moving to WorkAxle means setting up your collective agreements and pay rules in it, and WorkAxle is built for that move: our customer engineering encodes your agreements at the start, the engine warns when a schedule breaks one, and hours reach payroll already classified.
A real person replies by email within 24 to 48 hours. If we both see a fit, we set up a first call.
Organizations that chose WorkAxle.
Why teams switch to WorkAxle.
Your agreements, in the rule engine.
WorkAxle's customer engineering encodes the rules you set from your collective agreements and the laws you operate under, at the start and with effective dates. When a schedule or a timecard breaks one, WorkAxle warns at the point of decision, the call stays with the person who has authority, and the override is logged.
Live in weeks.
WorkAxle implements 4 to 5 times faster than legacy systems.
One system, forecast to payroll export.
The hours an employee works are the hours the rule engine classifies, and the hours that flow to payroll.
Start from your situation.
Leaving Kronos Workforce Central
What to check before you choose, and four questions to ask every replacement, WorkAxle included.
Shortlisting UKG Pro Workforce Management
Three things to make every vendor show you in the demo when your rules live in collective agreements.
Start with a conversation about your move.
Your agreements, your sites, your timeline. A real person replies by email within 24 to 48 hours.
Frequently asked questions
Is WorkAxle an alternative to Kronos Workforce Central and UKG?
Yes. WorkAxle is a workforce management platform for multi-site operations with union and labor-law rules. It covers demand forecasting, scheduling, time and attendance, leave and payroll export, and sits between your HR system and payroll.
Which workforce management software is the best alternative to Kronos or UKG?
The one that clears the rules your operation actually runs on. For complex, unionized operations, check four things in any option: how it handles several collective agreements, how frontline clock-ins are recorded, how clean the payroll export is, and how long it takes from contract to go‑live. WorkAxle is built for that case, and it implements 4 to 5 times faster than legacy systems.
Does WorkAxle replace our HR or payroll system?
No. WorkAxle sits between HR and payroll. Employee data comes in from your HR system, such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors or Oracle HCM, and validated, classified time goes out to payroll.
How long does a move to WorkAxle take?
WorkAxle implements 4 to 5 times faster than legacy systems. A national airport-operations security provider was live across Canada's major airports in 8 weeks.
Kronos, Workforce Central and UKG are trademarks of their respective owners. WorkAxle is not affiliated with UKG. Check current details with each vendor.