Luman Group in Long Branch, New Jersey, gives New Jersey employers senior HR leadership without a six-figure hire. Meghan Davey, SPHR, has led HR for hourly teams for 20 years, including 139 senior living communities. Plans run $500 or $1,500 a month, or from $3,500 for larger frontline teams.
Monmouth County
Luman Group is based at 219 Long Branch Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740.
On site when needed
Meghan can come to New Jersey workplaces when a situation calls for someone in the room.
Hourly, shift-based teams carry the most HR risk there is. New Jersey makes it harder. These are the problems Meghan finds when she walks into a New Jersey care community, clinic, restaurant or store.
Under the New Jersey Wage Theft Act, that is the wages plus liquidated damages of up to 200% on top, a six-year look-back, and personal liability for owners. An honest mistake doesn't shrink the number.
They do. New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave Law has no employee minimum. One hour per 30 worked, up to 40 a year, covering part-timers and seasonal staff. Shore businesses in Monmouth and Ocean counties get burned constantly.
New Jersey uses the ABC test, so your contractor is presumed an employee until all three prongs are met. Prong B is the hardest. If the work is in your usual course of business, the signed agreement won't save you.
At 10 or more employees, the New Jersey pay transparency law in effect since June 1, 2025 requires the wage or range and a benefits description in the posting, plus internal notice before you promote from within.
Federal law needs 15 employees. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) reaches you at one, with more protected categories than federal law and no cap on damages.
Most fractional HR firms make you book a call to learn the number. Here it is. A full-time HR manager in New Jersey runs $80,000 to $110,000 loaded.
On Call
$500a month
$6,000 a year
Fractional HR
$1,500a month
Everything in On Call, plus
Frontline Partner
from$3,500a month
Priced by headcount. Everything in Fractional HR, plus
Find out why your people leave before you spend another dollar replacing them. Send Meghan your exit interviews, survey comments and online employee reviews. She reads every one and tells you what is really driving turnover, by role, shift and location.
$2,500
One time. The full fee counts toward a retainer if you sign within 30 days.
Start the audit for $2,500 Questions first? Book a free callCentral New Jersey means Meghan can sit in your conference room in Red Bank, Freehold, Middletown or Toms River when a situation calls for it. She works statewide, from Bergen and Essex through Mercer, Middlesex and the shore counties, and remotely with New Jersey employers who would rather do everything by phone. Team spread across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania? Normal here.
Four rules that catch New Jersey small businesses most often, written for owners.
Hiring
What your job postings must say, and the promotion notice most owners miss.
Leave
Accrual, carryover and the policy you need on file. Every employer is covered.
Classification
Are your 1099s really contractors? Prong B is where most fail.
Final pay
When the last check is due, and the deductions New Jersey prohibits.
A full-time HR manager in New Jersey costs $80,000 to $110,000 loaded, before the desk, software and the risk you hired wrong. Fractional HR from Luman Group is $18,000 a year, from a 20-year executive rather than a coordinator.
Yes. Meghan is in Monmouth County, working with New Jersey employers directly. Pay transparency, earned sick leave, the ABC test and NJLAD are state-specific rules that national providers often handle generically. Meghan can also be on site when a situation needs someone in the room.
Meghan flags it before you hit the ceiling, with no surprise invoices. You pay the extra at your member rate, or move up a tier if it becomes the pattern.
That is fine. Handbook rebuilds, classification audits, pay reviews and workplace investigations all run as standalone projects, quoted up front, with no retainer required.
No. It is HR guidance from a 20-year executive. When a matter needs an attorney, Meghan says so plainly and refers you to vetted New Jersey employment counsel.
Send the form and Meghan will point you to the right-sized help, from a single template to a full HR partnership. Prefer to talk? Call or text.
Tell Meghan what is going on and she will tell you straight whether you need a retainer, an audit, a project, or just a template.