Grace Lutheran Foundation Selects Kronos to Control Labor Costs

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grace Lutheran Foundation, an assisted living and long-term care healthcare system has selected a comprehensive workforce management solution from Kronos Incorporated to completely automate and standardize processes. Kronos will help Grace Lutheran further control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve productivity.

“Kronos is the most advanced and comprehensive workforce management solution in the market and through real-time labor data it will help us make better decisions. Managing labor in the long- term care industry is critical as it’s one of our largest controllable expenses and our biggest asset.”

News Facts

Grace Lutheran selected the Kronos time and attendance, employee scheduling, absence management, and HR and payroll solutions for all 600 employees across 16 facilities.
Kronos was selected because of its proven market leadership, strong financial performance, and focus on research and development, leading to the market’s most advanced workforce management solutions. For example, Kronos’ self-service features were considered by Grace Lutheran to have a big impact on employee satisfaction and productivity enhancement. Those features will allow employees to view timecards as well as access and view leave accruals and other job-related data. Employees can also update personal information and initiate time-off requests, virtually eliminating paper-driven processes.
Kronos will also save the healthcare system time and money by streamlining HR and payroll processes. By streamlining payroll administration, Kronos will reduce the workload of the IT department and the HR tool will enable faster on-boarding through instant information sharing across departments.
Additionally, through its biometric technology, Kronos will help Grace Lutheran authenticate employee information during the time and attendance data collection process. This will eliminate risks of buddy punching, the costly act of employees punching in for one another. Also by automating the attendance policy, Grace Lutheran will be able to avoid hidden costs related to unforeseen and unaccounted absences.
With Kronos, Grace Lutheran will also be able to access critical labor data in real time. This will help the organization in many ways including enabling it to comply with federal, state, and other labor laws, union provisions, and internal policies.

Supporting Quotes

Missy Bertrang, clinical care director, Grace Lutheran Foundation
“Kronos is the most advanced and comprehensive workforce management solution in the market and through real-time labor data it will help us make better decisions. Managing labor in the long- term care industry is critical as it’s one of our largest controllable expenses and our biggest asset.”

Brian Graves, global practice leader of healthcare, Kronos
“Grace Lutheran Foundation has a strong reputation for high-quality care delivery and the health system is taking important steps to ensure its continued excellence. Implementation of innovative workforce management tools is essential in this process. Costly payroll errors need to be eliminated and resources must be optimized for the best business and patient care outcomes.”

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000^® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.