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Helping Hemp and CBD Businesses Get the Respect, Compliance Support, and Payroll Tools They Deserve—Without Being Treated Like a Footnote

You’re in a legal market, building real businesses, and still getting side-eyed by banks, vendors, and software companies that lump you into gray areas. We know how frustrating that is. You’re not an exception. You’re a sector.

We recognize hemp and CBD businesses as full players in the cannabis space. Our payroll and HR solutions are here to support your growth, protect your compliance, and give you the tools you need to scale like any other legitimate operation.

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Streamline Payroll from Seed to Shelf

Running a hemp or CBD operation means straddling agricultural rules, FDA scrutiny, and fluctuating regulations. We automate payroll, filings, and tax deposits so your compliance isn’t held together by spreadsheets or guesswork.

 

Support for Every Step of the Supply Chain

Whether you’ve got field hands harvesting biomass, lab teams formulating topicals, or ecommerce staff fulfilling DTC orders—we classify and compensate correctly across roles, states, and seasonal surges.

 

 

Rugged Time Tools for a Fast-Moving Industry

Mobile punch and offline sync make sure your team can clock in from the field, the bottling line, or your warehouse—even without WiFi. Because in hemp, timing is everything—and our system respects that.

 
Clear the Compliance Fog—Get Back to Running a Real Business

The Real Problems You’re Facing

State-by-state differences. Ever-shifting THC limits. Retail bans. You’re managing ag production, FDA pressure, and ecommerce—with payroll tools that treat you like high-risk or don’t support your structure at all.

 


 

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Compliant by the Decimal, Denied by the Industry

Even with COAs, third-party testing, and sub-0.3% THC levels, you’re still denied by payroll providers and banks just for saying “hemp.”

 

 

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GMP-Certified Lab, Guesstimated Paychecks

You’re running a precision operation—formulating tinctures, tracking batch yields, managing fulfillment—but your payroll system can’t even differentiate a lab tech from a line worker.

 

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One Label, Dozens of Hats

You’re cultivating, processing, bottling, shipping, and selling—often with the same five people. But when it comes to tracking time, breaks, and job roles, nothing syncs or scales.

Scale With Confidence—Across Fields, Labs, and Fulfillment

We Know Hemp & CBD—And We’re Built for the Whole Supply Chain

From outdoor harvests to CO2 extraction to ecommerce fulfillment, hemp and CBD operations span ag, science, and retail—and your payroll system should work across all of it.

 

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Compliant Payroll for Complex Workflows

We handle hourly farm crews, salaried lab staff, seasonal shifts, and fulfillment teams—all while keeping your taxes clean, your records audit-ready, and your payroll 280E- and USDA-compliant.

 

 
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Time Tracking That Works in Remote and Regulated Environments

Whether you’re logging hours in the field, a cleanroom, or a warehouse with spotty WiFi, our mobile and offline punch tools keep labor tracked and payroll accurate.

 
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Scalable Support for Certification-Driven Growth

As you work toward USDA Organic, cGMP, or ISO certifications, we help align your people processes to match SOPs, batch traceability, and audit trails—across locations and states.

 
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Expert Support That Knows Hemp Law

Get proactive help from HR and payroll experts who understand cannabinoid compliance, labeling regulations, and what hemp means under federal and state law.

 
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You’ve Grown the Crop and the Brand. Let Us Handle the Paperwork.

Bring new team members up to speed quickly with customized onboarding and education that meets lab standards.
The 3 Step Plan: From Chaos to Control

You’ve Grown the Crop and the Brand. Let Us Handle the Paperwork.

From planting to packaging, batch testing to ecommerce, you’ve navigated every change in the rulebook. Now let us simplify your team’s payroll and HR.

 

Step 1

Schedule a Call

We’ll walk through your setup—field crews, lab staff, fulfillment—and identify where manual processes and tax exposure are dragging you down.

 
Step 2

See a Compliance-First System in Action

Paragon tracks labor by department, supports seasonal schedules, and keeps you aligned with USDA, GMP, and local tax laws.

 
Step 3

Onboard Your Team and Keep Scaling

We get you launched fast—with role-specific training, mobile time tools, and support built for the rhythms of hemp production and sale.
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Word on the Street

“I will say, I am quite impressed with Paragon’s commitment to the cannabis industry.  From seeing ads, to your posts on LinkedIn on Paragon’s behalf etc. I am just very happy to see a company that is so openly stating that they support us.  It’s a very nice change from what seems to be the norm.  Two thumbs up to you guys at Paragon!  

Also, I forgot to add, that not only is great to see the support of the industry, but Paragon seems to one of the few if not the only payroll company that seems to understand the pricing schedule that is realistic within this industry.  Too many companies operate under the “cannabis tax” model when doing business with a cannabis company that further strains the success of the growth of this industry.  So, I am very thankful that Paragon is not one of those companies and is realistic with their fees.”

Owner With It Weed

“We transitioned to isolved at the first of this year.  Naturally, that came with a steep learning curve for our payroll processing.  With other payroll software transitions in my career, this has been a very difficult process.
Ever since our implementation resource was introduced, it's been like having someone right beside me along the way to ensure things are 100% accurate.  She's taken a ton of questions from me over the past few weeks and provided timely (and accurate) answers to every one of them.  She made this transition easier than anything I've seen doing payroll for over 18 years.  It's obvious she knows the system inside-and-out because she knew how to explain complex procedures in an easy-to-understand way.  I could write paragraphs on how she walked me through our complex payroll and increased my understanding of the isolved platform. This is even more commendable since we are a PEO, which only adds to the complexity of how we are using the program.

In short, she is my hero!"

Owner UpSource PEO

"Paragon's service has been great. Implementation and support have been very responsive and helped us out when we needed to find a new provider and had tight timeframes. They made the process of switching providers nearly painless and they seem to really care and show a lot of empathy for our situation.  A big thank you to their team."

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Most Popular Hemp/CBD Bundle & What It Costs

From field work to bottling lines to fulfillment, hemp and CBD operators use our Payroll + HCM Bundle with Timekeeping and Scheduling Add-Ons to manage their end-to-end team—without dropping the ball on compliance or payroll.

🌾 Payroll + HCM Bundle
💵 $9 per employee/month + $95 base fee
Includes:

  • Onboarding workflows for farm hands, lab techs, and packagers

  • License and certification tracking (e.g., USDA Organic, GMP)

  • HR tools aligned with federal/state regs for hemp operations

  • Exportable reports for audits, COAs, and certification bodies

📅 Scheduling Add-On
💵 $2.50 per employee/month

  • Schedule shifts by role (e.g., field, formulation, fulfillment)

  • Adapt staffing for harvest, product launches, or sales cycles

  • View live coverage and shift gaps in real time

⏱ Timekeeping Bundle
💵 $3 per employee/month

  • Mobile and offline punches for outdoor and warehouse teams

  • Kiosk/biometric options for lab or packaging access points

  • Clean time data synced to payroll and compliance logs

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We’re Built for the Realities of Growing, Processing & Shipping Hemp

FAQs

From USDA audits to labeling accuracy and ecommerce compliance, hemp and CBD businesses deal with constant change. We help bring payroll and HR stability—no matter what part of the supply chain you’re in.

Here’s what we hear from hemp/CBD operators:

 

Can our farm crews and fulfillment teams clock in from different systems?

How do you handle seasonal hires or high turnover?

Can we control access by department (e.g., lab vs. shipping)?

What happens when regulations change (e.g., labeling, COA, FDA flags)?

Let’s turn your what-ifs into wins.

Ready to Stop Wondering and Start Winning?

You're not here by accident. You're here because something’s not working—or because you know there’s a better way. We’re not just another solution. We’re the one built with your reality in mind.

So if you’re tired of guessing, tired of being underserved, or just tired of carrying all the weight alone—this is your moment. You're choosing a partner that gets it, shows up, and delivers.

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