Founded in 1976, Leisure Care is one of the nation’s largest privately held retirement and assisted living companies. Through collaboration with ADP®, Leisure Care successfully revamped its benefits package, which now includes Wisely® by ADP and early wage access. These enhancements have propelled the company to new heights in terms of growth and employee retention.

Partnering with ADP has resulted in a notable decrease in liability and an increase in compliance. Implementing processes and attestations has significantly reduced our wage and hour liability.

Jen Saadati, Payroll Manager

Jen Saadati, Payroll Manager
Leisure Care

Challenges

  • Attracting and retaining employees.
  • Supporting DE&I efforts.
  • Employee engagement.

How ADP helped

  • Providing comprehensive benefits including Wisely cards, allowing employees early access to their wages through DailyPay.
  • Metrics reporting provides data that help ensure employees are paid competitively.
  • MyADP and the ADP mobile app helps reduce the administrative burden for managers, freeing up time to focus on important tasks; Employees easily update their personal information and early wage access, employees have the flexibility to choose their payday.

A culture of care

Leisure Care stands out in an industry centered around care by strongly emphasizing its people and culture. The leadership firmly believes that happy employees who are genuinely excited to come to work each day profoundly impact the lives of residents and their families.

Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, Bre Grubbs, states, “What we really provide is care and if we don’t have the right people, the right talent, providing that care, then we can’t exist. Leisure Care’s culture is founded on a very simple philosophy: People are first in everything we do.”

Attracting and retaining top talent

To deliver that great care for its residents, Leisure Care is laser-focused on retaining and attracting top talent. Stacey Marshall, Vice President of Human Resources, explains, “We are determined to be the employer of choice, offering amazing benefits, flexible schedules and an incredible culture — anything that a candidate might be looking for.”

Leisure Care leverages ADP products to advance its company culture in several ways, including aiding the company in highlighting its comprehensive benefits program. Upon joining the company, employees are encouraged to register for MyADP and the ADP mobile app, which provide convenient access to their benefits package. In addition, Leisure Care utilizes Wisely cards, offering employees early access to their earned wages through DailyPay.

Supporting DE&I and enhancing compliance

Another talent goal is to support diversity, equity and inclusion and ensure competitive pay. Through its ADP system, Leisure Care can pull metrics to gauge their progress on its DE&I efforts. Saadati says, “Having all the information in one place is incredibly helpful. It provides a clear overview of our company, allowing me to delve deeper into specific areas. It has also improved our wage transparency, ensuring competitive employee compensation nationwide.”

On winning the Talent at Work Award

The Talent at Work Award recognizes an organization that consistently drives process improvement and performance throughout the talent journey, resulting in improved efficiencies, optimized resources and a better experience for candidates and employees. Leisure Care was selected as the 2024 recipient for its ongoing commitment to attracting top talent and improving the lives of its employees.

Partner and COO, Ryan Rasar, states, “Happy employees equal happy residents. We are super excited to win this award. It really validates our focus on our employees, and how they can have the best possible experience with us.”

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