Senior, compliance-first HR leadership for companies of 20 to 100 employees — the judgment of a Chief HR Officer, without the full-time hire.
Four cards, one course.
Each card is a way to work together, priced and scoped. The thread through all four is your Reasonable Steps File: opened, completed, kept current, made buyer-ready. The audit is where it starts.
A fixed-fee audit maps your California exposure and traces every gap to the law. You leave with a clear picture, a ranked plan, and the first entries in your Reasonable Steps File.
Timing matters. All reasonable steps taken before a PAGA notice can cap penalties at 15%; within 60 days after, at 30%.
Opening the Audit Opens your fileFixed feefrom $4,500View (PDF) →Download ↓We work down every finding from the audit and close it — required plans, pay transparency, your handbook and more — before any becomes a demand letter.
Every finding you close becomes a dated, documented step in your file — evidence of the reasonable steps PAGA weighs.
Closing the AuditCompletes your fileRetainerfrom $3,500/moView (PDF) →Download ↓Everyday HR — hiring, onboarding, reviews, leaves, and the hard conversations — plus the systems and training that let your managers move without waiting on you.
Clear processes and trained managers mean decisions stop stalling on your desk.
Build SystemsKeeps your file currentRetainerfrom $3,500/moView (PDF) →Download ↓Whatever your destination — growth, a second location, succession, or a sale — CHRO-level guidance on org design, people strategy, and leadership, so you arrive with a company worth what you’ve built.
A buyer will review your people practices. A well-maintained and complete Reasonable Steps File answers their questions before they’re asked.
Custom ProjectsMakes your file buyer-readyFixed feescoped up frontView (PDF) →Download ↓get your bearings → correct your course → increase your speed → reach your destination
Timing matters. All reasonable steps taken before a PAGA notice can cap penalties at 15%; within 60 days after, at 30%. The audit maps your California exposure, shows what needs fixing, and opens your Reasonable Steps File. The audit builds the documented file; it does not guarantee an outcome. It runs two weeks from Clock Start — the first business day after payment is in and every requested file is verified.
FIXED FEE · FROM $4,500Built for the contractor community around Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, and Vandenberg — where veteran-owned status isn't a badge, it's a door.
Goleta & Carpinteria's growing life-science cluster.
A substantial high-wage employer base across Ventura County.
A core employer in both counties, with heavy compliance load.
Seasonal, high-turnover teams where wage-hour risk concentrates.
California Fractional HR is an executive practice, on purpose. You don't get handed to a junior; you work directly with a senior HR leader who has carried the full weight of California employment law inside growing companies.
Veteran-owned and based in Ventura County — close enough to be in the room, credentialed enough to be worth the drive, and fluent enough in California compliance to keep you off the wrong list. Delivered locally, extended statewide by design.
No. No co-employment, no handing over your EIN, no giving up control of your culture. Independent advisory that answers to you — not a bundle you're locked into.
A set block of senior hours each month on retainer, plus scoped projects at a fixed fee. Enough attention to run HR right — without a $150K+ full-time salary on the books.
Based in Ventura County, on-site across Ventura and Santa Barbara. Virtual delivery extends the same work to California employers statewide.
No. HR and compliance advisory — not legal advice or legal representation. We recommend and draft; you decide, adopt, and sign. When a question is a legal one, we name it as one.
Call us, schedule a quick call, send a message, or request the fixed-fee Compliance Audit. Every route reaches the practice directly.
Tell us what brought you here and the size of your California workforce. We’ll reply the same business day — usually within the hour — with the right next conversation, not an automated sales sequence.
A free 15-minute video call — no prep, no pitch. Bring one question and we'll figure out the right next step together.
Book a 15-min call →Send a message and I'll get back to you personally — the same business day, usually within the hour.
CALL (805) 250-3252 · EMAIL connect@calfractionalhr.com · AREA Ventura · Santa Barbara · Statewide CA · RESP Same business day · usually within the hour
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