Fractional HR Business Partner (California Employment Law)

Location: Remote-first for California-based candidates, with periodic on-site presence at California portfolio company locations as engagements require. Bay Area or Silicon Valley proximity is preferred but not required.

Compensation: $100K–$120K with bonus potential; project compensation is scoped per engagement and commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global is a boutique HR advisory and consulting firm providing human-centric HR managed services, professional services, and products.

What you will do

• Act as the primary HR point of contact for assigned California portfolio companies and partner with local managers and corporate Business Operations leaders.
• Manage employee relations matters end-to-end, including investigations, conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and corrective action.
• Resolve California compliance issues involving wage and hour, meal and rest breaks, PAGA, pay transparency, and local ordinances.
• Deliver HRIS training, rollout communications, user support, and troubleshooting for portfolio companies.
• Build employee feedback channels, analyze trends, and recommend improvements to HR services, policies, and employee experience.
• Support talent planning, seasonal workforce planning, succession planning, compensation benchmarking, and integration of newly acquired entities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of HRBP experience with substantial hands-on application of California employment law.
• Experience supporting multi-site or multi-state organizations with California operations.
• Deep knowledge of CFRA, FEHA, Cal/OSHA, SB 1162, final pay timing, wage and hour rules, PAGA, and relevant local ordinances.
• Experience managing employee relations cases across distributed locations and working directly with clients in a consulting, professional services, PEO, agency, embedded, or fractional HRBP capacity.
• Strong communication, operating partnership, discretion, adaptability, and comfort with flexible project-based engagements.

Nice to have

• Hands-on HRIS experience.
• Bay Area or Silicon Valley location.
• Experience with M&A-driven integrations, multi-location or multi-brand environments, and founder-led operations.
• Familiarity with seasonal and part-time workforces.
• PHRca, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent certification.
• Willingness to travel occasionally as client needs require.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract consultants are engaged on a project-by-project basis.
• Engagement timing, scope, duration, and hours vary according to client needs.
• Consultants may be considered for multiple opportunities through the long-term talent community.
• Remote-first work model with on-site presence when required by client engagements.