Senior, compliance-first HR leadership for companies of 20 to 100 employees — the judgment of a Chief HR Officer, without the full-time hire.
The California Compass.
One method, four bearings — and one clear place to start. Each bearing is a way to work together, priced and scoped. You move at your own pace, and every step stands on the one before it.
A fixed-fee audit maps your California exposure and traces every gap to the law — a clear picture and a ranked plan, not a stack of maybes.
Compliance Audit Fixed fee · from $4,500 · start hereView (PDF) →Download ↓We work down every finding from the audit and close it — required plans, pay transparency, your handbook — before any becomes a demand letter.
The First 90 Days Retainer · from $3,500/moView (PDF) →Download ↓We install the frameworks your managers run — coaching, documentation, escalation — while the risk, the reset, and the record stay with us.
Fractional HR Director Retainer · from $3,500/moView (PDF) →Download ↓Org design, people strategy, and an executive scoreboard — CHRO-level guidance that turns a compliant company into a stronger one.
Fractional CHRO Scoped to the engagementView (PDF) →Download ↓see where you stand → reach safe ground → build the system → chart forward
California's 2024 PAGA reform rewards employers who take "all reasonable steps" — documented steps can cap PAGA penalties at 15% of the statutory amount, and, paired with a cure, potentially eliminate them. The Compliance Audit produces the documented proof — the file your attorney wants to see, and the litigation-value asset most providers never mention.
DOCUMENTED STEPS CAN CAP PAGA PENALTIES AT 15%Built 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. SDVOSB / DVBE track, aligned to the supplier-diversity goals prime contractors actually score on.
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 Director–level 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 project work as needed. 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 strategy — not legal representation. The work runs alongside your employment counsel, and usually makes their job smaller.
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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