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Fractional HR, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fractional HR for Minneapolis small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis

Minneapolis businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with healthcare and medtech, retail and consumer brands, financial services, food and agriculture, and tech across the Twin Cities 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
The Twin Cities' medtech, retail, and corporate base operates under Minnesota's rapidly expanding worker-protection regime, plus tougher Minneapolis and St. Paul city ordinances, 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
Headcount is climbing faster than your process. Each new hire gets a slightly different, mostly improvised start, and the inconsistency surfaces as early attrition.
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Minnesota compliance gaps piling up
Minnesota now has statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time, a Paid Leave program launching with employer contributions, detailed pay-statement and wage-theft rules with criminal exposure, and pay-transparency in postings. Minneapolis and St. Paul add their own sick-and-safe-time and wage ordinances. The local-plus-state stack is the main risk.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
A full-time manager is a six-figure all-in cost for a job that isn't yet full-time at your headcount. You need the seniority, not the forty hours.

HR compliance in Minnesota, what Minneapolis employers need to know

Minnesota now has statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time, a Paid Leave program launching with employer contributions, detailed pay-statement and wage-theft rules with criminal exposure, and pay-transparency in postings. Minneapolis and St. Paul add their own sick-and-safe-time and wage ordinances. The local-plus-state stack is the main risk. 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 Minneapolis

Why Minneapolis businesses bring in fractional HR

Across the Twin Cities metro, the Twin Cities' medtech, retail, and corporate base operates under Minnesota's rapidly expanding worker-protection regime, plus tougher Minneapolis and St. Paul city ordinances, which is exactly where a fractional people function earns its keep.

Whether in healthcare and medtech, retail and consumer brands, financial services, food and agriculture, and tech, Minneapolis 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: minnesota now has statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time, a Paid Leave program launching with employer contributions, detailed pay-statement and wage-theft rules with criminal exposure, and pay-transparency in postings. Minneapolis and St. Paul add their own sick-and-safe-time and wage ordinances. The local-plus-state stack is the main risk. Staying ahead of it is part of what we do for every Minneapolis client.

The Minneapolis market

What HR actually looks like in Minneapolis

Minneapolis-St. Paul has a remarkable density of large corporations for its size: Target, Best Buy, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills, and more, alongside a strong healthcare and medical-device sector and a growing tech scene. Corporate HR norms here are sophisticated.

Minnesota has moved firmly toward employee protection: a new statewide paid family and medical leave program, earned sick and safe time, a high minimum wage, and Minneapolis and St. Paul layering their own sick-leave and wage ordinances on top. The metro is now a genuinely demanding compliance environment.

A growing Twin Cities company faces state rules plus Minneapolis or St. Paul ordinances, often on the same employee, next to large employers with formal HR. We bring it up to that standard. See HR compliance.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Minneapolis business?

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

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Minnesota added statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time, a Paid Leave program with employer contributions, strict wage-theft rules with criminal penalties, and pay-transparency requirements. Minneapolis and St. Paul layer their own ordinances on top, so city employers face two sets of rules.

Do you work with Minneapolis businesses remotely?

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We do, fully remotely. For the Twin Cities 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 Minneapolis 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 Twin Cities metro.

What size Minneapolis companies do you work with?

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We focus on Minneapolis 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 healthcare and medtech, retail and consumer brands, financial services, food and agriculture, and tech.
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