Bevel HR runs the people function for San Francisco 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 tech and AI startups, venture and finance, biotech, professional services, and consumer apps across the San Francisco Bay Area. 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 Francisco adds a long list of city ordinances: its own minimum wage, Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Fair Chance Ordinance, Health Care Security Ordinance (employer health spending requirements), and Family Friendly Workplace rules. SF carries the densest local-law stack in California. Equity, classification, and the city health-spending rules are common gaps for startups. 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 Francisco Bay Area, san Francisco has some of the most aggressive local employment ordinances anywhere in the US, stacked on top of California law, and its startups scale headcount faster than almost any market, which is exactly where a fractional people function earns its keep.
Our San Francisco clients span tech and AI startups, venture and finance, biotech, professional services, and consumer apps, and the common thread is growth arriving faster than HR infrastructure.
On the compliance side, california's full complexity applies, and San Francisco adds a long list of city ordinances: its own minimum wage, Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Fair Chance Ordinance, Health Care Security Ordinance (employer health spending requirements), and Family Friendly Workplace rules. SF carries the densest local-law stack in California. Equity, classification, and the city health-spending rules are common gaps for startups. We keep that handled in the background so it never becomes the thing that blindsides you.
San Francisco is the center of the global tech economy, with venture capital, software, and AI concentrated more densely here than anywhere, alongside finance, biotech, and professional services. Companies scale from a handful of people to hundreds at a pace seen almost nowhere else.
San Francisco layers some of the country's strictest local ordinances on top of California's already strict law: the city's Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Health Care Security Ordinance, Fair Chance Ordinance, and more, plus California's daily overtime, ABC test, and pay-transparency rules. The compliance bar is the highest in the nation.
An SF company is complying with California and San Francisco rules at once, the strictest combination anywhere, while scaling at maximum speed. That is exactly where senior HR judgment pays for itself. 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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