Bevel HR runs the people function for Ann Arbor companies with 10–75 employees, compliance, onboarding, payroll, and employee relations, so founders can get back to the business. Senior HR and people & culture support, starting at $1,800/month.
We work with higher education, technology and research, life sciences, and healthcare across Ann Arbor and the surrounding metro. If you have 10–75 employees and HR keeps landing on the founder or ops lead, that's exactly who Bevel HR is built for.
Michigan expanded its Earned Sick Time Act and raised the minimum wage on a schedule, with specific final-pay rules. For Ann Arbor's tech and research firms, sick-time accrual, classification of research and contract staff, and multi-state hiring are the compliance work that matters most. If you're also hiring remotely across state lines, the complexity compounds fast. We track state-specific requirements for every client so you're never blindsided by a rule you didn't know applied. See our multi-state hiring support.
Ann Arbor's tech, research, and life-sciences firms scale credentialed teams fast, often with equity and grant-funded roles, which is exactly where classification and multi-state HR get away from a founder.
Across higher education, technology and research, life sciences, and healthcare, Ann Arbor employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.
On the compliance side, Michigan expanded its Earned Sick Time Act significantly, raised the minimum wage on a schedule, and enforces specific final-pay rules. For Ann Arbor's tech and research firms, sick-time accrual, classification of research and contract staff, and multi-state hiring are the recurring issues. We keep that handled in the background so it never becomes the thing that blindsides you.
Ann Arbor is a university town at its core, with the University of Michigan and its health system as the dominant employer and research engine, feeding a genuine tech, life-sciences, and startup scene. It is a research-and-tech economy, distinct from Michigan's manufacturing metros, with a highly credentialed workforce.
An Ann Arbor company scaling on university talent is usually hiring across state lines with equity or grant-funded roles before HR is built, on top of Michigan's expanded sick-time rules. That gap is what we fill. See our HR compliance work.
Monthly retainers that flex with your company. Minimum 3-month engagement, cancel anytime after. Fully remote, we can start the same week you sign. Full pricing & comparison →
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