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Fractional HR, Richmond, Virginia

Fractional HR for Richmond small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Richmond 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 Richmond

Richmond businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with financial services and fintech, government contractors, healthcare, logistics, and professional services across the Richmond 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
Richmond's finance and government-contractor base operates under Virginia's recently strengthened worker protections, including new limits on non-competes, 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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Virginia compliance gaps piling up
Virginia has tightened employment law in recent years: restrictions on non-competes for lower-wage workers, a wage-payment law with stronger remedies (including potential treble damages and personal liability), expanded discrimination protections, and specific final-pay rules. For Richmond employers, the non-compete limits and the strengthened wage-payment remedies are key.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
A full-time HR hire is an $80,000-plus commitment before benefits. At your size that's a lot of underused salary, when what you need is a few hours of senior judgment a week.

HR compliance in Virginia, what Richmond employers need to know

Virginia has tightened employment law in recent years: restrictions on non-competes for lower-wage workers, a wage-payment law with stronger remedies (including potential treble damages and personal liability), expanded discrimination protections, and specific final-pay rules. For Richmond employers, the non-compete limits and the strengthened wage-payment remedies are key. 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 Richmond

Why Richmond businesses bring in fractional HR

Richmond's finance and government-contractor base operates under Virginia's recently strengthened worker protections, including new limits on non-competes. That mix shapes the people problems we see most in the Richmond metro.

Our Richmond clients span financial services and fintech, government contractors, healthcare, logistics, and professional services, and the common thread is growth arriving faster than HR infrastructure.

And the regulatory picture matters here: virginia has tightened employment law in recent years: restrictions on non-competes for lower-wage workers, a wage-payment law with stronger remedies (including potential treble damages and personal liability), expanded discrimination protections, and specific final-pay rules. For Richmond employers, the non-compete limits and the strengthened wage-payment remedies are key. Staying ahead of it is part of what we do for every Richmond client.

The Richmond market

What HR actually looks like in Richmond

Richmond's economy is finance and banking (it hosts a Federal Reserve bank and major financial firms), with a large government and legal sector, healthcare, and a growing advertising and tech scene. It is a corporate, white-collar-heavy market.

Virginia has moved somewhat more protective in recent years, with a rising minimum wage, stronger wage-payment and misclassification enforcement, and overtime provisions, while remaining more moderate than its northern neighbors. For Richmond's finance and professional firms, federal classification and overtime accuracy carry most of the risk.

A Richmond finance or professional-services firm needs its classification and wage-and-hour house in order, because regulated industries get scrutinized. We keep it tight. See HR compliance.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Richmond 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 Richmond businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Richmond business?

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

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Virginia has strengthened its employment law, non-competes are now banned for lower-wage workers, the wage-payment law carries treble-damage and personal-liability exposure, and discrimination protections expanded. Richmond employers using older non-compete templates are especially at risk.

Do you work with Richmond businesses remotely?

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Yes. Bevel HR is fully remote, and Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond metro.

What size Richmond companies do you work with?

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We focus on Richmond 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 financial services and fintech, government contractors, healthcare, logistics, and professional services.
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