Heroes of HR
Heroes of HR
Podcast Description
Heroes of HR is your backstage pass to the unsung champions of every workplace—the People Heroes. This limited-series podcast, brought to you by isolved, cuts through the fluff to highlight the real leaders, innovators, and change-makers redefining HR, payroll, and talent management.
Each short, bingeable episode hits the big questions head-on: What’s keeping you up at night? What’s got you fired up about 2025? How do you explain isolved to someone who’s never heard of HR tech? And how do you recharge when the grind gets real?
We’re talking bold insights, no BS, and stories that’ll stick with you. If you’re in the trenches of HR or just curious about the people shaping the future of work, this series delivers the goods.
Ready to meet the People Heroes redefining what’s possible? Hit play.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on a variety of HR themes including job applications, talent acquisition, employee wellbeing, and workplace culture, with episodes featuring actionable insights on topics such as mental health in remote work, nonprofit HR challenges, and leveraging AI for better hiring practices.
Heroes of HR is your backstage pass to the unsung champions of every workplace—the People Heroes. This limited-series podcast, brought to you by isolved, cuts through the fluff to highlight the real leaders, innovators, and change-makers redefining HR, payroll, and talent management.
Each short, bingeable episode hits the big questions head-on: What’s keeping you up at night? What’s got you fired up about 2025? How do you explain isolved to someone who’s never heard of HR tech? And how do you recharge when the grind gets real?
We’re talking bold insights, no BS, and stories that’ll stick with you. If you’re in the trenches of HR or just curious about the people shaping the future of work, this series delivers the goods.
Ready to meet the People Heroes redefining what’s possible? Hit play.
Payday used to be a fixed point. Now it’s a pressure point. As more employees live paycheck to paycheck, access to earned wages has become less about convenience and more about survival. This conversation digs into why financial stress shows up at work, how payroll and benefits are evolving to meet that reality, and why employers can no longer ignore the role money plays in engagement, performance, and trust.
In this episode, we talk about earned wage access, employee financial wellness, payroll integration, and the growing partnership between ZayZoon and isolved. The discussion moves from how employees actually use early wage access for basics like groceries and gas, to why instant access to money is becoming a recruiting and retention advantage, to how small fees compare to the real cost of overdrafts, payday loans, and side hustles.
Key Takeaways
- Earned wage access gives employees access to money they have already earned, removing the artificial wait for payday. For many workers, this is not about impulse spending. It is about covering essentials and avoiding financial emergencies that spiral into bigger problems.
- A significant portion of the workforce is financially fragile, with roughly two-thirds of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. That reality shows up in stress, distraction, absenteeism, and turnover. Financial wellness is no longer separate from workforce strategy.
- ZayZoon’s partnership with isolved embeds earned wage access directly into payroll, making it simple for employers to offer and easy for employees to use. When financial tools live inside systems people already trust, adoption increases and friction drops.
- The cost comparison matters. A small flat fee for accessing earned wages is materially different from overdraft fees, payday loans, or credit card interest. For many employees, earned wage access is a way to lose less money, not spend more.
- Employers are starting to see earned wage access as a recruiting and retention lever, not just a benefit. In a market driven by instant access and flexibility, waiting two weeks for pay can feel outdated and out of touch.
- Access to earned wages can also reduce the need for side gigs and financial scrambling. When employees are less stressed about cash flow, they show up more focused, more engaged, and more likely to stay.
This episode was recorded live at isolved Connect in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Heroes of HR podcast is a limited series sponsored by isolved. isolved is an HCM platform that modernizes HR, benefits, and payroll across Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and more.
Learn more about isolved: https://www.isolvedhcm.com/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Context
03:14 Understanding Earned Wage Access
06:04 The Role of ZayZoon in Employee Financial Wellness
09:03 Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Guest
Kauley Claypool: Partner Growth Manager, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kauley-claypool-03184594/
Garth Dmyterko, Sales Development, ZayZoon
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garth-dmyterko-b6335275/
Connect with Us
William Tincup: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/
Ryan Leary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/
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