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Migrate from UKG Pro to Rippling with a structured data mapping and validation approach that preserves payroll history, benefits elections, and custom field configurations — minimizing disruption to your HR, payroll, and compliance workflows.
thePeopleStack approaches UKG Pro migrations with a structured discovery phase that audits the existing UKG Pro configuration — identifying custom fields, pay codes, workflow dependencies, and data quality issues — before any Rippling configuration work begins. We build the field mapping from UKG Pro's data model to Rippling's, validate a test data load, and resolve discrepancies before migrating the full employee population.
For mid-year migrations, we produce a payroll history audit that ensures YTD figures, tax withholding records, and supplemental pay histories are correctly structured for Rippling import — with sign-off from both HR and payroll before the go-live cutover date.
UKG Pro migrations managed by thePeopleStack are primarily structured around US payroll and HR configurations, with the majority of clients migrating US-based employee populations from UKG Pro into Rippling's US payroll and HR modules.
Canadian and cross-border operations: For clients with Canadian employees in UKG Pro, thePeopleStack manages a parallel Canadian migration workstream — ensuring provincial tax withholding records, ROE history, and CRA account configurations migrate correctly into Rippling's Canadian payroll module alongside the US employee population.
A standard UKG Pro migration for a company with 100–500 employees typically takes 8–16 weeks from discovery to go-live, depending on configuration complexity, payroll history depth, benefits carrier count, and the number of custom fields and workflows being rebuilt. Mid-year migrations with complex payroll history add additional validation time.
Yes. YTD payroll figures, tax withholding records, and prior period payment summaries from UKG Pro can be structured for Rippling's payroll history import. thePeopleStack performs a payroll history audit before import to identify and resolve field mapping issues, ensuring W-2 accuracy is preserved through the migration.
No — and this is intentional. UKG Pro custom fields are rebuilt natively in Rippling's custom field framework rather than imported directly. This prevents legacy UKG data structures from creating technical debt in Rippling and ensures each migrated field is mapped to the correct Rippling field type and access permissions.
Active benefit elections, coverage tiers, and dependent data from UKG Pro are extracted, mapped to Rippling's benefits structure, and validated against carrier records before import. thePeopleStack coordinates with HR and benefits carriers to verify plan code alignment before the benefits cutover date, preventing enrollment discrepancies at go-live.
Mid-year migrations require careful payroll history handling — YTD figures, supplemental pay records, and multi-state tax withholding data must all be correctly transferred to avoid W-2 issues at year-end. thePeopleStack recommends completing a payroll history audit and dry-run validation before committing to a mid-year go-live date, and coordinates timing with the payroll team to minimize disruption to active pay cycles.
