IRS conference on outsourcing HR
The IRS one-day conference on HR outsourcing - brought to you by the XpertHR Group - will examine the complexities of outsourcing, and share practical and strategic advice from experts on finding the right outsourcing fit for any of the HR operations that your organisation wishes to outsource. The programme for the day will cover: what you must know about TUPE and legal issues surrounding outsourcing; how to develop a business case for outsourcing; case studies from public and private sector organisations involved in negotiating outsourcing and shared services; how to work out the true cost of outsourcing; guidance on what questions you need to ask potential providers; and the effect of outsourcing HR on talent management.
To help you make the most of the conference, we highlight just some of the material on this subject available on XpertHR – including articles on how HR outsourcing has become more popular, how employers can outsource HR functions such as its recruitment or pay functions and the legal issues surrounding outsourcing.
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The rise of HR outsourcing
Outsourcing HR: Wayne Story of Capita HR Solutions interviewed In 2008, Capita's managing director Wayne Story predicted that outsourcing would be high on every human resources director's list of things to do.
HR outsourcing continues to rise in US HR outsourcing continued record growth in 2005 in the US, according to research by consultancy Hewitt Associates.
Appeal of outsourcing HR grows A survey in 2004 predicted that outsourcing HR would not only gain popularity, but would become a permanent element in a typical corporate operation.
Dramatic changes in store for HR in outsourced future A report, Surviving and Thriving in The Future World of Work, predicted that 75 per cent of organisations will be outsourcing hr by the year 2020.
Outsourcing specific HR functions
Making cost savings through outsourcing benefits provision Outsourcing is not an overnight solution to the issues associated with benefits provision, but if the process is managed and monitored well, there could be cost savings to be made.
Outsourcing strategic messages to senior managers DHL has successfully outsourced the way it delivers strategic messages to senior managers.
Outsourcing the recruitment process: quality gains over quantity Although few employers have transferred responsibility for their entire recruitment process to a third party, outsourcing is now an accepted practice. We examine the pros and cons.
How outsourcing can improve absence management Using an outside absence management contractor may make data collection more robust, providing an employer with better-quality information to understand patterns of absence and their causes.
Practical guidance on outsourcing HR
Offshore outsourcing: Delhi calling Consumers may have lost trust in offshore outsourcing, but more companies see the advantages beyond the stereotypes, says Personnel Today.
Outsourcing: taking the off-load road While the market for outsourcing training has been slow to take off compared to other organisational functions, more and more companies are now considering this option.
Outsourcing HR at Novo Nordisk IRS talks to a medical products manufacturer that has become one of the few employers in the UK to outsource its HR function - and has saved at least £300,000 a year in the process.
End-to-end outsourcing Outsourcing HR has not produced the desired results and companies are stalling on implementing programmes. But all that could change in the coming year, says Caroline Horn.
The legal issues of outsourcing
Policy clinic: outsourcing, transfers and redundancy Emma Sinclair, from the employment team at Norton Rose, provides guidelines on what policies on outsourcing, transfers and redundancy should cover.
Legal Q&A: Outsourcing Paul Griffin, partner from Norton Rose, answers questions about outsourcing.
Weekly dilemma: TUPE and redundancies We plan to outsource part of our IT support function to a provider based in India. It is likely to affect just one employee in our IT department, who we propose to make redundant. Are there any particular legal issues we need to consider?
Service provision changes and TUPE This article examines the impact of the service provision definition of a TUPE transfer, introduced by the TUPE Regulations 2006.