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Meet the Team

Helping small businesses since 2001

Take Payroll and Benefits off your plate.

For dependable, thorough, and easily accessible service, partner with the people at Employ-Ease to take care of your staff. We are sensitive to the pressures placed on owners who struggle to deal with tasks unrelated to the success of their company: employment-related government policy and regulations, and rapidly changing labor laws. 

As a New York state registered Professional Employer Organization (PEO), Employ-Ease Inc. is legally empowered to act as the employer to your employees. We manage all aspects of payroll and employee benefits. We can also obtain and provide on your behalf employer insurances and certain human resources services.

Lisa Kretzer

Founder & Owner

Lisa Kretzer founded Rochester, NY-based Employ-Ease in 2001 following nearly 15 years working for regionally recognized payroll and employee benefits service providers. Over the past 35 years, her success has relied on building personal relationships. Understanding what clients do, where they do it, and who they do it with is the foundation of her top tier, customer focused service. The loyalty of her long term client base is a testament to how Employ-Ease makes it easy to employ.

Avoid time consuming and costly employee administration. Meet Lisa! 

Book an appointment for a one-on-one conversation. She’ll come to you!

Katherine House

Payroll Specialist

Katherine House supports clients with all their weekly payroll processing needs, including setting up new client accounts and onboarding new employees. She brings a decade of experience in roles that required people-centered and detail-oriented service, including in the field of childcare, an administrative role in a medical provider’s office completing tasks such as scribing and processing insurance billing, and most recently as a small business owner. Katherine’s expertise in organization and communication, and easy accessibility, make her an integral team member helping clients run their businesses more efficiently.

Here’s what our clients say about us

Tom B
March 28, 2023.
I've know Lisa Kretzer, owner of Employ-Ease for 6-7 years and trust her knowledge, reliability and experience to handle the complex world of payroll, employee issues and compliance. Employ-Ease allows you to do your job while they take care of all the human resource work that can eat into your day. I strongly recommend them.
Brian Imrich
October 6, 2022.
Great people, great service, always friendly and super responsive!
Dave White
October 4, 2022.
I think I may have been One of the first customers. They have always done an amazing job.
James Clark
August 24, 2022.
I've worked with Lisa on several projects, I can say with out hesitation that you will be more than satisfied with your experience.
Klaus Schwarz
April 19, 2022.
First rate payroll service. Very accommodating and helpful!
Hilary Pieroni
April 14, 2020.
Employ Ease has taken care of my payroll needs for over 10 years. I am more than satisfied with their service due to their knowledge around payroll, efficient manner in taking care of all my needs, personal attention to my business and friendly service. I feel I can attend to my work load while confidently leave the time consuming job of payroll to Employ Ease!

While I haven’t been very excited about having to go through a temp agency to get a job. I had a great experience with Employ ease. The staff was very helpful in placing me! I left a previous position and needed a new job quickly and they were very proactive and easy to work with when it came to finding a new place of employment!

While I haven’t been very excited about having to go through a temp agency to get a job. I had a great experience with Employ ease. The staff was very helpful in placing me! I left a previous position and needed a new job quickly and they were very proactive and easy to work with when it came to finding a new place of employment!

While I haven’t been very excited about having to go through a temp agency to get a job. I had a great experience with Employ ease. The staff was very helpful in placing me! I left a previous position and needed a new job quickly and they were very proactive and easy to work with when it came to finding a new place of employment!

While I haven’t been very excited about having to go through a temp agency to get a job. I had a great experience with Employ ease. The staff was very helpful in placing me! I left a previous position and needed a new job quickly and they were very proactive and easy to work with when it came to finding a new place of employment!

While I haven’t been very excited about having to go through a temp agency to get a job. I had a great experience with Employ ease. The staff was very helpful in placing me! I left a previous position and needed a new job quickly and they were very proactive and easy to work with when it came to finding a new place of employment!

What is a PEO?

A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a state-registered entity that manages benefits and payroll on behalf of small businesses, including paying wages and taxes and providing compliance assistance with relevant state and federal laws and regulations. In addition, PEOs often provide workers with access to 401(k) plans, health, dental, and life insurance, dependent care, and other benefits not typically provided by small businesses. A PEO can also provide human resources services.

Why is working with a PEO safer for businesses?

A PEO takes responsibility for verifying to the state that your business is in compliance with employee-related government policies and regulations, including Workers’ Compensation coverage, and pays all employment-related taxes on behalf of your business. A PEO must be fully bonded to meet these obligations and must also provide verification from an outside certified public accountant that these financial requirements are being met. For more information about PEOs, visit napeo.org.

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