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Fractional HR — St. Louis, Missouri

Fractional HR for St. Louis small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for St. Louis 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 St. Louis

St. Louis businesses that need real HR — not another tool.

We work with bioscience and agtech, financial services, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and logistics across the St. Louis 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
St. Louis straddles the Missouri–Illinois line, so a single metro employer often has staff under two very different state rulebooks at once — 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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Missouri compliance gaps piling up
Missouri is at-will with specific final-wage timing, a rising voter-approved minimum wage, and voter-approved earned paid sick time. Across the river, Illinois adds annual harassment training, pay-transparency, and the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. St. Louis employers with staff on both sides need to apply each state's law by where the employee actually works.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
A full-time HR manager runs $70,000–$90,000/year fully loaded. At 10–50 employees you don't need 40 hours a week of HR — you need senior judgment at the volume you actually use.

HR compliance in Missouri — what St. Louis employers need to know

Missouri is at-will with specific final-wage timing, a rising voter-approved minimum wage, and voter-approved earned paid sick time. Across the river, Illinois adds annual harassment training, pay-transparency, and the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. St. Louis employers with staff on both sides need to apply each state's law by where the employee actually works. 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 St. Louis

Why St. Louis businesses bring in fractional HR

St. Louis straddles the Missouri–Illinois line, so a single metro employer often has staff under two very different state rulebooks at once. That mix shapes the people problems we see most in the St. Louis metro.

We work with bioscience and agtech, financial services, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and logistics — the kinds of St. Louis-area employers where headcount has outrun the systems meant to support it.

Missouri is at-will with specific final-wage timing, a rising voter-approved minimum wage, and voter-approved earned paid sick time. Across the river, Illinois adds annual harassment training, pay-transparency, and the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. St. Louis employers with staff on both sides need to apply each state's law by where the employee actually works. That's the kind of exposure we close quietly, before it turns into a claim.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for St. Louis 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 St. Louis businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a St. Louis business?

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

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The St. Louis metro spans Missouri and Illinois. Missouri now has voter-approved paid sick time and a rising minimum wage; Illinois requires harassment training, pay-range disclosure, and earned paid leave. Which set applies comes down to where each employee physically works.

Do you work with St. Louis businesses remotely?

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Yes. Bevel HR is fully remote, and St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis metro.

What size St. Louis companies do you work with?

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We focus on St. Louis 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 bioscience and agtech, financial services, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and logistics.
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