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Fractional HR, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fractional HR for Fort Wayne small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Fort Wayne 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.

$1,800/mo
Starting retainer
~25%
Of a full-time HR hire
Days
To start, not months
Who we help in Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with insurance and finance, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and defense across Fort Wayne 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.

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HR keeps landing on the founder
Fort Wayne's insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare employers scale steadily, and HR lands on an office manager or founder until compliance or hiring complexity forces the issue.
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Hiring fast with no system
The team is expanding, but there's no repeatable way to bring someone on. Improvised starts turn into preventable six-month departures.
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Indiana compliance gaps piling up
Indiana is an at-will, right-to-work state that follows federal wage law closely with relatively light state mandates, including specific wage-payment timing rules. For Fort Wayne employers, federal classification and overtime plus multi-state rules as they hire beyond Indiana carry the load.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
Bringing HR fully in-house costs $70,000 to $90,000 a year, and at your headcount you'd pay for hours you don't have work to fill. Fractional matches the cost to the need.

HR compliance in Indiana, what Fort Wayne employers need to know

Indiana follows federal wage law closely with light state mandates and specific wage-payment timing rules. For Fort Wayne employers, federal classification and overtime, plus multi-state rules as they hire beyond Indiana, 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.

Fractional HR in Fort Wayne

Why Fort Wayne businesses bring in fractional HR

Fort Wayne's insurance, manufacturing, and healthcare employers scale steadily, and HR lands on an office manager or founder until compliance or hiring complexity forces the issue.

Across insurance and financial services, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and defense, Fort Wayne employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.

On the compliance side, Indiana is an at-will, right-to-work state that follows federal wage law closely with relatively light state mandates, including specific wage-payment timing rules. For Fort Wayne employers, federal classification and overtime plus multi-state rules as they hire beyond Indiana carry the load. We keep that handled in the background so it never becomes the thing that blindsides you.

The Fort Wayne market

What HR actually looks like in Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne is a quietly diversified mid-size economy, with a significant insurance and financial-services base, advanced manufacturing (including defense electronics), a large healthcare sector, and logistics. Indiana's second-largest city, it has a stable, lower-cost employer base that has drawn back-office and manufacturing operations.

A Fort Wayne company growing beyond Indiana, or hiring back-office staff across state lines, is running multi-state compliance whether or not it planned to. We keep it straight. See our HR compliance work.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Fort Wayne businesses. A fraction of the cost.

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 →

Foundation
$1,800/mo
6–8 hrs/mo · 1–20 employees

  • ✓Dedicated HR request channel
  • ✓Compliance monitoring & calendar
  • ✓On-call Q&A (up to 2 hrs/mo)
  • ✓New-hire paperwork guidance
  • ✓One policy update per month
  • ✓Monthly People Report
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Embedded
$6,500/mo
22–26 hrs/mo · 40–75 employees

  • ✓Everything in Growth
  • ✓Leadership team attendance
  • ✓People strategy & org design
  • ✓Comp benchmarking
  • ✓Manager coaching
  • ✓HRIS implementation
  • ✓Quarterly board report
  • ✓4-hr urgent response SLA
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Common questions

Questions from Fort Wayne businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Fort Wayne business?

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Bevel HR retainers start at $1,800/month for Fort Wayne businesses with 1–20 employees. Most Fort Wayne clients at 15–40 employees land on the Growth package at $3,500/month, roughly 25% of the ~$70,000–$90,000 fully loaded annual cost of a full-time HR manager.

What Indiana employment laws do Fort Wayne employers need to know?

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Indiana is an at-will, right-to-work state that follows federal wage law closely with relatively light state mandates, including specific wage-payment timing rules. For Fort Wayne employers, federal classification and overtime plus multi-state rules as they hire beyond Indiana carry the load. We keep it current so it never blindsides you.

Do you work with Fort Wayne businesses remotely?

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Yes. Bevel HR is fully remote, and Fort Wayne clients get the same responsiveness as anywhere else, over video, Slack, email, and shared HR platforms. Most find remote HR faster than an in-house hire juggling other duties.

How quickly can you start with a Fort Wayne business?

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Within days of a signed agreement. Book a free 30-minute assessment this week; if it's a fit, you'll have a proposal within 24 hours, and week one is a focused audit of your Fort Wayne setup.

What size Fort Wayne companies do you work with?

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We focus on Fort Wayne businesses with 10–75 employees, the stage where HR is too complex to ignore but a full-time hire doesn't pencil out yet. We commonly work with insurance and finance, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and defense.
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