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Fractional HR — Madison, Wisconsin

Fractional HR for Madison small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Madison 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 Madison

Madison businesses that need real HR — not another tool.

We work with biotech and health IT, university-adjacent startups, government, healthcare, and professional services across the Madison 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
Madison's university-driven biotech and health-IT startups scale credentialed teams fast, often built around grant funding and research staff that complicate classification — and every offer letter, complaint, and policy question routes straight to the top. That's founder time you can't get back.
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Hiring fast with no system
You're adding people quickly but onboarding is improvised, and new hires are left to figure it out. It shows up as avoidable turnover six months later.
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Wisconsin compliance gaps piling up
Wisconsin has specific wage-payment, recordkeeping, and one-day-rest-in-seven requirements. Madison's research and startup employers face additional classification complexity around postdocs, grant-funded staff, interns, and contractors — and getting exempt/non-exempt classification right for early employees is a recurring gap.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
A full-time HR manager runs $70,000–$90,000/year fully loaded. At 10–50 employees you don't need 40 hours a week of HR — you need senior judgment at the volume you actually use.

HR compliance in Wisconsin — what Madison employers need to know

Wisconsin has specific wage-payment, recordkeeping, and one-day-rest-in-seven requirements. Madison's research and startup employers face additional classification complexity around postdocs, grant-funded staff, interns, and contractors — and getting exempt/non-exempt classification right for early employees is a recurring gap. 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.

Fractional HR in Madison

Why Madison businesses bring in fractional HR

Across the Madison metro, madison's university-driven biotech and health-IT startups scale credentialed teams fast, often built around grant funding and research staff that complicate classification — which is exactly where a fractional people function earns its keep.

From biotech and health IT, university-adjacent startups, government, healthcare, and professional services, the businesses we help in Madison are usually past the point where people work fits on a founder's desk.

Wisconsin has specific wage-payment, recordkeeping, and one-day-rest-in-seven requirements. Madison's research and startup employers face additional classification complexity around postdocs, grant-funded staff, interns, and contractors — and getting exempt/non-exempt classification right for early employees is a recurring gap. That's the kind of exposure we close quietly, before it turns into a claim.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Madison 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 Madison businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Madison business?

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Bevel HR retainers start at $1,800/month for Madison businesses with 1–20 employees. Most Madison 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 Wisconsin employment laws do Madison employers need to know?

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Wisconsin has detailed wage-payment, recordkeeping, and day-of-rest rules. Madison's biotech and university-adjacent employers add classification complexity around grant-funded researchers, postdocs, and interns, where misclassification is common.

Do you work with Madison businesses remotely?

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We do, fully remotely. For the Madison metro employers that means senior HR judgment on demand without another desk to fill — handled over video, Slack, and the platforms you already use.

How quickly can you start with a Madison business?

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Within days of a signed agreement. Book a free 30-minute HR Assessment this week; if it's a fit, you'll have a proposal within 24 hours. Week one is your HR Audit — we review your current setup and surface what actually matters in the Madison metro.

What size Madison companies do you work with?

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We focus on Madison 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 biotech and health IT, university-adjacent startups, government, healthcare, and professional services.
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