Case Study: Garden Communities streamlines payroll processing with Unicorn HRO's iCON platform

Unicorn Streamlines Payroll Processing for Residential Property Management Group Operating in Eight States

Garden Communities, a residential property management group operating across eight states, needed a better way to manage complex payroll for more than 300 employees, most of them hourly workers. Its team was spending days manually entering time data and navigating state-specific rules for meal breaks, overtime, and other labor requirements. To address these challenges, the company worked with Unicorn HRO and its cloud-based HR and benefits platform, iCON.

Using iCON, Unicorn HRO helped Garden Communities automate payroll workflows, streamline compliance tasks, and reduce manual processing. The result was a major efficiency gain: payroll processing time dropped from four days to just minutes, while improving accuracy for shift premiums, overtime, garnishments, and payroll distribution. Garden Communities said Unicorn HRO’s support and iCON helped ensure employees were paid accurately and on time.

Garden Communities

Cathy Carlson

Payroll Manager