California operations
Any business with employees working in California — including out-of-state employers with California-based workers.
— Kestralis SMB
California's workplace violence law applies to your business. Even if you only have 10 employees.
Kestralis SMB makes SB-553 compliance simple. Templates, training, and support — built for California small businesses with 10–99 employees.
Self-serve from $199 · 30-day money-back guarantee · Built by a veteran-owned security advisory.
Is this you?
Kestralis SMB exists because there's a gap.
Enterprise security firms charge $25,000 for an SB-553 program. Free templates leave you to figure out the hard parts yourself. We sit in between — productized, affordable, and actually defensible.
10 to 99 employees
The threshold for SB-553 coverage is 10 employees. The threshold for needing real help is the same — most California small businesses are under-resourced for this.
No in-house compliance team
If your HR is one person, a part-time contractor, or you — Kestralis SMB was built for you.
What the law actually requires
Four things every covered California employer has to do.
California Labor Code § 6401.9 — SB-553
- 01
A written, site-specific plan
Not a template downloaded from Cal/OSHA and never customized. The plan has to actually describe your operation, your hazards, and your procedures.
- 02
Initial and annual employee training
Interactive — employees must be able to ask questions and get real answers, which means a passive video alone doesn't fully satisfy the requirement.
- 03
A working violent-incident log
Every incident — not just injuries. Ten required data elements. Five-year retention. Cal/OSHA will ask to see it during an inspection.
- 04
Annual review and update
The plan is not a one-time filing. Every California employer has to review and refresh the plan annually, with records to prove it.
How we help
Four plans. Self-serve from $199, full advisory at $4,999.
Buy a tier when you're ready. Each plan builds on the one below it — start where you are.
Starter
$199
one-time, no subscription
The document kit. Plan template, incident log, acknowledgment forms, retention checklist — everything you need to file a defensible SB-553 plan today.
See StarterPlus
Most popular$499
one-time, no subscription
The full compliance solution. Documents, ready-to-use employee training video, industry variants, multi-location support, and 90 days of support — without standing up an internal compliance owner.
See PlusComplete
$1,499
one-time engagement, no subscription
A working program, not a template. Live customization, a written hazard assessment, live employee training, and a year of quarterly check-ins.
See CompleteConcierge
$4,999
one-time engagement; retainer terms scoped Phase 2
Full advisory engagement. On-site assessment, dedicated specialist, monthly check-ins for a year, and program audit at engagement close.
See ConciergeWhy us
Built by people who have actually run real security programs.
Kestralis SMB is a productized practice from Kestralis Group, a veteran-owned corporate security advisory. Our principals have designed and run enterprise security programs and managed real-world threat cases — and we built Kestralis SMB because the small-business gap was visible from inside that work.
You're not getting a generic compliance vendor. You're getting the same operational standard our enterprise clients pay materially more for — packaged so you can actually afford it, with the steps you can self-serve carved out from the steps that genuinely require a specialist.
Frequently asked
Top questions before you buy.
Does SB-553 actually apply to my small business?
If you have 10 or more employees working in California — yes. The threshold is 10, not 50 or 100. Out-of-state businesses with California workers are also covered.
What happens if Cal/OSHA inspects and finds we don't have a plan?
Citations can run up to $25,000 for a serious violation and up to $162,851 for a willful violation. Worse, the citation becomes evidence in any downstream civil case where someone alleges your operation was unsafe.
Isn't a free template online enough?
It can be, technically — if you customize it correctly to your operation, train employees correctly, log incidents correctly, and review it annually. Most operators don't, which is why Cal/OSHA inspections have been finding non-compliance routinely. The point of Kestralis SMB is to remove the failure modes.
What does the $199 Starter package actually give me?
The document kit: a customizable WVPP plan template (PDF and Google Doc), a violent-incident log template, employee acknowledgment forms, a document retention checklist, and 30 days of email support for customization questions. Starter expects you to deliver employee training yourself. If you want a ready-to-use 30-minute training video, industry-specific plan variants, and multi-location support, that's the Plus tier at $499.
Do you handle multi-state compliance?
Kestralis SMB is focused on California SB-553 for Phase 1. If you operate in California plus other states with workplace violence legislation (New York, Virginia, Texas, healthcare in multiple states), our enterprise practice covers multi-state programs.
— Get started today
Get the templates today. Or get the free quick-start guide first.
Starter is $199, instant download, 30-day money-back guarantee. The quick-start guide is a free 8-page PDF that explains exactly what SB-553 requires — read it, then decide.