Bevel HR runs the people function for Durham 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 life sciences and biotech, technology, healthcare, and professional services across Durham 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.
North Carolina's Wage and Hour Act governs final pay, deductions, and notice of pay practices. For Durham's biotech and research employers, correct classification of grant-funded and contract staff, plus 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.
Durham's biotech and research employers blur the line between employee, contractor, and grant-funded role, and scale credentialed teams fast, which is exactly where classification and multi-state HR get away from a founder.
Across life sciences and biotech, technology, healthcare, and higher education, Durham employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.
On the compliance side, North Carolina is an at-will, right-to-work state with the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act setting wage-notification and final-pay rules, but staying lighter than coastal states. For Durham's biotech and research firms, classification of grant-funded and contract staff plus multi-state hiring are the recurring issues. We keep that handled in the background so it never becomes the thing that blindsides you.
Durham anchors the eastern side of the Research Triangle, with a life-sciences and biotech economy built around Research Triangle Park, Duke University and its health system as an enormous employer, and a genuine startup and software scene. It is a research-and-health town first, distinct from Durham's broader mix, with pharma and contract-research organizations giving it a particular hiring profile.
A Durham life-sciences or research company often mixes salaried staff, contract researchers, and grant-funded roles, which is precisely where classification risk lives, on top of the equity and multi-state hiring that come with scaling. We handle that. 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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