Bevel HR runs the people function for San Diego 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 biotech and life sciences, defense and maritime, tech, tourism and hospitality, and craft beverage across the San Diego 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.
California's full complexity applies, and San Diego adds its own minimum wage and Earned Sick Leave ordinance. Same-day final pay, meal/rest premiums, itemized wage-statement penalties, and ABC-test classification all apply. Biotech and defense employers also face credentialing and clearance overlays. Misclassification and meal-break claims are the leading exposures. 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.
Across the San Diego metro, san Diego's biotech and defense employers run credentialed and cleared workforces, while its tourism economy runs hourly teams, both under California's strictest-in-the-US law plus a city minimum wage and sick-leave ordinance, which is exactly where a fractional people function earns its keep.
Our San Diego clients span biotech and life sciences, defense and maritime, tech, tourism and hospitality, and craft beverage, and the common thread is growth arriving faster than HR infrastructure.
California's full complexity applies, and San Diego adds its own minimum wage and Earned Sick Leave ordinance. Same-day final pay, meal/rest premiums, itemized wage-statement penalties, and ABC-test classification all apply. Biotech and defense employers also face credentialing and clearance overlays. Misclassification and meal-break claims are the leading exposures. That's the kind of exposure we close quietly, before it turns into a claim.
San Diego's economy spans biotech and life sciences (one of the largest clusters in the world), defense and naval operations, a wireless and telecom heritage (Qualcomm's hometown), and a growing software scene, plus tourism and a major cross-border tie to Tijuana.
California's strict law applies in full, and San Diego adds its own minimum wage and sick-leave ordinance on top: daily overtime, break penalties, the ABC test, pay transparency, and the city overlays. The biotech and defense sectors add classification and federal-contractor complexity.
A San Diego company faces California's strict baseline plus city rules, with biotech and defense adding their own layers. We keep it airtight. See HR compliance.
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 →
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