CABIA HR

What CABIA HR does

CABIA HR, LLC is a privately held California-based company that provides a cloud-based HR compliance platform and related professional services to small and medium-sized businesses operating in California. The company was formed out of the labor law reform advocacy work of its parent organization, CABIA (The California Business & Industrial Alliance), which provides the firm with deep, jurisdiction-specific expertise in California's uniquely complex employment law regime, including PAGA, wage and hour rules, harassment training mandates, and CFRA/FMLA documentation requirements.

The core product is the CABIA HR Platform, an eight-module SaaS application covering the full employee lifecycle: job applications, onboarding with signed policies and agreements, performance management and disciplinary documentation, employee files, an integrated Learning Management System (LMS) for state-compliant harassment and safety training, FMLA/CFRA/medical/workers compensation records, separation documents, and a kiosk-or-mobile time clock. The platform is delivered in English and Spanish. Three standalone service lines layer on top of the platform: Audits and Guidance (wage and hour audits, policy drafting), Training (online and onsite compliance training), and Reducing PAGA Penalties (periodic payroll audits and supervisor training to mitigate PAGA exposure).

CABIA HR monetizes through a hybrid model combining SaaS subscriptions for the platform with fee-based professional consulting and training services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospects engage via a demo request form on the company's website, followed by consultative selling. The company targets California SMBs across labor-intensive verticals such as manufacturing, industrial services, retail, and staffing, and distributes through direct sales, self-serve access to its SaaS platform, and onsite consulting engagements. The firm is headquartered in Sunland, California, and operates as a subsidiary within the CABIA organizational structure with no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

CABIA HR

Legal name

CABIA HR, LLC

Website

https://cabiahr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CABIA HR provides a cloud-based HR compliance platform and professional consulting services for small and medium-sized California businesses. Its bilingual SaaS platform and advisory offerings cover the full employee lifecycle with California-specific labor law expertise to mitigate PAGA and compliance exposure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Compliance Software

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (56111)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACAPAA

Core HR & HRIS

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Human Capital Management (HCM) & HR Tech

SECONDARYBPACAKAK

HR Compliance & Policy Administration Outsourcing (incl. regulatory reporting)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

SECONDARYBPACAKAC

HR Operations Administration (HRIS Admin, Records, Employee Data Mgmt)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

SECONDARYBPAAAIAD

Personnel Records, Document Management & Compliance

Business & Public Services/Administrative & Support Services (BPO, Call Centers, Back Office)/HR Operations Outsourcing (Onboarding, Benefits, HR Admin)

SECONDARYBPAAAIAA

Employee Onboarding & Offboarding Administration

Business & Public Services/Administrative & Support Services (BPO, Call Centers, Back Office)/HR Operations Outsourcing (Onboarding, Benefits, HR Admin)

Keywords

• HR compliance software
• California labor law
• PAGA compliance services
• HR consulting services
• Employee training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. HR Platform Subscription: SaaS platform providing compliance forms, policies, agreements, and HR tools on a subscription basis
2. Professional Consulting Services: Onsite consulting for hiring, disciplinary, terminations, FMLA, workers compensation, and safety meetings
3. Training Programs: Online and onsite training programs for compliance including harassment prevention, workplace violence, PAGA, safety, FMLA, and workers compensation
4. Audits and Guidance: Wage and hour audits, policy reviews, and compliance guidance services

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CABIA HR provides a cloud-based HR compliance platform combined with professional consulting services to help small and medium-sized California businesses navigate state labor law requirements. The digitized platform covers the full employee lifecycle from job application through separation with modules for onboarding, performance management, employee files, training, time tracking, and leave administration. Supplemental services include wage and hour audits, onsite training programs, and PAGA penalty reduction consulting, all anchored in California-specific regulatory expertise.

Product overview

CABIA HR offers a single unified product—the CABIA HR Platform—supplemented by three additional service offerings. The core CABIA HR Platform is a digitized, compliance-ready HR application that serves as a self-contained HR ecosystem covering the full employee lifecycle from job application through separation. It comprises multiple integrated modules: Job Application Module, Onboarding–Policies & Agreements Module, Performance Reviews/Disciplinary/Training/Change In Pay Module, Employee Files Module, Learning Management System (LMS), FMLA/CFRA/Medical/Workers Compensation Module, Separation Documents Module, and Time Clock Module. The platform is accessible in English and Spanish. Complementing the platform are three standalone service offerings: Audits and Guidance Services (onsite consulting, wage and hour audits, and policy/handbook drafting), Training Services (online and onsite programs including mandatory harassment training and safety courses), and Reducing PAGA Penalties Services (payroll audits, policy implementation, and supervisor training to minimize PAGA liability).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CABIA HR Platform A comprehensive, digitized HR platform designed for small-to-medium California businesses to manage California compliance challenges. Covers the full employee lifecycle from job applications through separation, featuring compliance forms, policies, agreements, and HR tools accessible in English and Spanish. The platform includes integrated modules for job applications, onboarding with policies and agreements, performance reviews and disciplinary documentation, employee files, a Learning Management System, FMLA/CFRA and workers compensation documents, separation documents, and a time clock feature.
• Audits and Guidance Services Onsite consulting and wage and hour audit services to ensure compliance with California labor laws. Includes policy drafting services for employee handbooks, arbitration agreements, and workplace policies, helping employers identify and remediate compliance gaps before they escalate into PAGA or other legal exposure.
• Training Services Online and onsite training programs covering mandatory harassment training, workplace violence prevention, PAGA compliance, safety training, FMLA, and workers compensation. Includes a fully online anti-harassment training program delivered in both English and Spanish to meet California state requirements (AB 1827, SB 396).
• Reducing PAGA Penalties Services Services to help employers reduce PAGA penalties through periodic payroll audits, implementation of lawful written policies, and supervisor training. Designed to mitigate the significant financial exposure that PAGA lawsuits can create for California employers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced onboarding and off-boarding costs significantly
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CABIA (California Business & Industrial Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCABIA HR was formed out of advocacy for Labor Law Reform through CABIA, The California Business & Industrial Alliance. This parent organization relationship provides CABIA HR with its foundational expertise in California labor law compliance and regulatory advocacy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Zenefits: Zenefits provides SMB HR, benefits, and compliance software with a strong self-service model. It targets the same California SMB buyer and offers comparable HRIS features, making it a direct competitor in the HR platform layer CABIA HR competes in.
• Rippling: Rippling unifies HR, IT, and payroll for SMB and mid-market employers with strong automation and policy management. It is a direct competitor with deeper capital and product breadth, though CABIA HR's California-specific compliance content and bilingual offering carve a differentiated niche.
• Gusto: Gusto is a leading SMB HR, payroll, and benefits platform with built-in compliance tools and multi-state support. It directly competes with CABIA HR for California SMB HR buyers, offering a broader payroll/benefits stack but with less California-specific labor-law content depth.
• Justworks: Justworks provides HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance support for SMBs and is a PEO alternative. It competes for the same California SMB customer and offers broader PEO-style services, contrasted with CABIA HR's compliance-software-plus-services model.
• BambooHR: BambooHR is an HRIS focused on SMBs with employee records, onboarding, performance, and time tracking modules. It is a direct competitor on the core HR platform functionality, though it lacks CABIA HR's deep California compliance content and bilingual content.
• isolved: isolved is an HCM platform targeting SMB and mid-market buyers with HR, payroll, and talent features. It competes with CABIA HR for SMB HR software selection, with broader category coverage but less California-specific advocacy-backed content.

Broad incumbents

• ADP Workforce Now: ADP is the dominant incumbent in payroll and HR services for SMBs and mid-market. Its scale, multi-state coverage, and brand make it a broad competitive threat, even though its California-specific content depth and bilingual SMB focus are weaker than CABIA HR's.
• Paychex: Paychex is a large payroll and HR services provider serving SMBs across the U.S. It is a broad incumbent alternative for California employers, but its SMB platform lacks CABIA HR's PAGA-focused audit and bilingual compliance content.

Emerging players

• Mineral HR (formerly ThinkHR): Mineral HR provides HR compliance, training, and policy content libraries to SMBs and partners (including PEOs and payroll providers). It overlaps with CABIA HR on training and policy content specifically, rather than full HRIS functionality.
• Poster Compliance Center: Poster Compliance Center focuses on labor law compliance postings, notifications, and training for SMBs. It is a niche competitor to CABIA HR's training and compliance content modules, particularly for California labor law posting requirements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cabia-hr-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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