Caesars Entertainment’s strategic tuition benefit campaign, All-In On Education, which is designed to aid team members in furthering their education and professional development, has yielded fruit among its employees. Tuition assistance benefits became available for Caesars workers earlier in the month.
All-In On Education benefits program that offers part-time and full-time employees several options to pay for college or other technical training for themselves and for their dependents.
Kelly Paiz, who monitors table games at Caesars Palace, said she has taken advantage of the program to help put her children through college. Her son, Hunter Walker, recently qualified for the program.
“As a mother, wanting your children to have success is so important,” Paiz said. “It’s always been a struggle how to figure out how to help each one of them. For a student, getting into an education program is very easy. Paying for it is not easy.”
Paiz has been with the company for 15 years.
Caesars employees have access to several benefits through the All-In On Education program, including tuition assistance and student loan debt repayment of up to $5,250 per year, 529 college savings plans for dependents and an opportunity to earn a degree through in-network degree programs, including Strayer University and Capella University.
Eligible employees will have access to low or no-cost degrees through the program, as well as The Don Carano Legacy Scholarship that offers up to $20,000 for employees’ dependents during a four-year term.
Caesars Chief Administrative and Account Officer Stephanie Lepori said the program is designed to recruit and maintain team members, but employees are encouraged to access and follow educational paths that might lead them elsewhere.
She commented: “Our team members are our top priority,” she said. “It might sound cliched, but they are our greatest asset and the key to our success.”
She went to affirm a statement she heard from casino executives through the years.
“You couldn’t always afford Frank Sinatra, but you could always afford to have a great team,” Lepori said.
Ana Munoz, Caesars’ Director of Community Impact and Giving Ana Munoz said she is using benefits from the education program will go toward earning a PhD in hospitality administration.
“I would have likely had to take out another student loan. Since I’m still paying off loans from my undergrad from more than a decade ago, this is a huge relief to not add to that debt.”
