Case Study: Taco John’s of Iowa, Inc. (TJIA) achieves digital HR modernization and rapid onboarding with Paylocity

Major Franchise Restaurant Group Serves Up Digital HR to Drive Expansion

Taco John’s of Iowa, Inc. (TJIA), a regional franchisee operating 24 restaurants with about 500 employees, faced time-consuming, paper-based HR processes that strained onboarding, benefits enrollment, shift differential pay calculations, and reporting. After evaluating HRIS options, TJIA turned to Paylocity for a modern HCM platform—leveraging modules such as Onboarding, Payroll and Time & Attendance, Benefits Administration, Performance, the Paylocity Mobile App, and Insights & Recommendations—to replace spreadsheets and mailed forms.

Paylocity implemented a unified digital HR solution, migrating 8,400 employee records in 12 weeks and enabling one platform across all 24 sites; TJIA onboarded 100 employees in three days at a new restaurant. Automation of shift differential pay and benefits enrollment eliminated manual calculations and costly mailings, improved reporting and analytics, reduced administrative costs, and freed HR to focus on strategic growth—helping TJIA expand operations and improve retention with Paylocity’s tools.

Taco John’s of Iowa, Inc. (TJIA)

Nichole Green

Director of Accounting