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Fractional HR, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fractional HR for Philadelphia small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia

Philadelphia businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with healthcare and life sciences, higher education, financial services, pharma, and professional services across the Philadelphia 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
Philadelphia layers its own city ordinances on top of Pennsylvania law, and the region's healthcare and university employers run dense, credentialed workforces, 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
Hiring has outpaced your structure. Without a real onboarding process, new hires drift, and the turnover bill comes due a couple of quarters in.
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Pennsylvania compliance gaps piling up
Pennsylvania has the Wage Payment and Collection Law governing final pay and deductions and follows federal overtime. Philadelphia adds its own paid-sick-leave, Fair Workweek scheduling (for certain large employers), wage-theft, and salary-history ban ordinances. The city layer is where most Philly employers find gaps.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
Bringing HR fully in-house costs $70,000–$90,000 a year, and at 10–50 people you'd be paying for hours you don't have work to fill. Fractional matches the cost to the need.

HR compliance in Pennsylvania, what Philadelphia employers need to know

Pennsylvania has the Wage Payment and Collection Law governing final pay and deductions and follows federal overtime. Philadelphia adds its own paid-sick-leave, Fair Workweek scheduling (for certain large employers), wage-theft, and salary-history ban ordinances. The city layer is where most Philly employers find gaps. 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 Philadelphia

Why Philadelphia businesses bring in fractional HR

In the Philadelphia metro, the employers that come to us tend to share a pattern: philadelphia layers its own city ordinances on top of Pennsylvania law, and the region's healthcare and university employers run dense, credentialed workforces.

Our Philadelphia clients span healthcare and life sciences, higher education, financial services, pharma, and professional services, and the common thread is growth arriving faster than HR infrastructure.

Compliance is the quiet risk. Pennsylvania has the Wage Payment and Collection Law governing final pay and deductions and follows federal overtime. Philadelphia adds its own paid-sick-leave, Fair Workweek scheduling (for certain large employers), wage-theft, and salary-history ban ordinances. The city layer is where most Philly employers find gaps. We track it continuously so Philadelphia founders don't have to.

The Philadelphia market

What HR actually looks like in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's economy spans healthcare and higher education (the eds-and-meds anchor, with massive hospital systems and universities), pharma and life sciences along the corridor toward New Jersey, financial services, and a growing tech scene.

Pennsylvania follows federal wage law with its own rules, but Philadelphia layers on significant city ordinances: a wage-theft law, the Fair Workweek scheduling law for certain industries, a salary-history ban, and paid sick leave. The city's rules are notably stricter than the state's, which catches employers who only check state law.

A Philadelphia company has to comply with Pennsylvania state rules plus the city's stricter ordinances, especially Fair Workweek and sick leave. We keep both layers straight. See HR compliance.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Philadelphia business?

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

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Pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law governs final pay and deductions, but Philadelphia stacks paid-sick-leave, Fair Workweek scheduling, wage-theft, and salary-history-ban ordinances on top. A compliant PA policy can still violate a Philadelphia rule.

Do you work with Philadelphia businesses remotely?

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Absolutely. We serve Philadelphia entirely remotely, which in practice means quicker turnaround than a single in-house generalist who's pulled in ten directions. Everything runs over video, Slack, and shared systems.

How quickly can you start with a Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia metro.

What size Philadelphia companies do you work with?

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We focus on Philadelphia 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 life sciences, higher education, financial services, pharma, and professional services.
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