Bevel HR runs the people function for Grand Rapids 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 office furniture and manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, food processing, craft beverage, and professional services across the Grand Rapids / West Michigan area. 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's Earned Sick Time Act was significantly expanded, the minimum wage is rising on a set schedule, and the state has specific final-pay rules. For Grand Rapids' manufacturing and food-processing employers, sick-time accrual tracking, overtime calculation on shift work, and recordkeeping are where audits find problems. 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 and HR compliance services.
Grand Rapids' deep manufacturing and furniture-making base runs large hourly and shift workforces where Michigan's expanded sick-time and overtime rules carry real exposure. That mix shapes the people problems we see most in the Grand Rapids / West Michigan area.
Whether in office furniture and manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, food processing, craft beverage, and professional services, Grand Rapids employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.
And the regulatory picture matters here: michigan's Earned Sick Time Act was significantly expanded, the minimum wage is rising on a set schedule, and the state has specific final-pay rules. For Grand Rapids' manufacturing and food-processing employers, sick-time accrual tracking, overtime calculation on shift work, and recordkeeping are where audits find problems. Staying ahead of it is part of what we do for every Grand Rapids client.
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 →
Book a free 30-minute HR Assessment. We'll look at your Grand Rapids business, find your biggest exposure, and tell you what to prioritize. No pitch, no obligation.