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Youdecide Acquires voluntary Benefits division of RewardsPlus
2007-04-02 17:39:00 YouDecide.com, Inc., a leading provider of voluntary employee benefit products and services and a division of Vbenx Corporation, has acquired RewardsPlus of America Insurance Agency,Inc. , a subsidiary of RealLife HR. The purchase includes the Agency’s SureDeduct/SurePay technology, the company’s industry-leading, single-slot payroll deduction technology. The acquisition adds a voluntary customer base of more than 150,000 active employees, ... More About: War , Voluntary , Sion , Bene
The 2007 Global Outsourcing 100 companies List announced
2007-03-30 14:43:00 The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) announced the 2007 best outsourcing service providers. It told that relative rankings, selection process details, and company profiles will appear in a special advertising feature, produced by IAOP, in the April 30th FORTUNE 500 issue of FORTUNE® magazine. IAOP’s panel of independent judges evaluated all applicants based on four ... More About: Companies , Comp , Global , List
Offshore outsourcing to continue with Wage cost advantage for another 20 Ye
2007-03-29 23:28:00 The wage cost advantage of offshore locations for office services is set to last for another 20 years, says the latest annual survey by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. Even though wages in offshore locations for services, such as IT, business processes and call centers, have started to rise, they will remain cheaper for ... More About: Outsourcing , Other , With , Cost , Shore
CareerBuilder Acquires Two European Online Recruitment Portals
2007-03-29 23:18:00 In a Press Release Yesterday, CareerBuilder announced that it acquired two leading online recruitment sites in Northern Euro pe . The two sites are Sweden’s Jobbguiden.se and the Netherland’s JobbingMall.nl. The move is the company’s latest step in its international expansion. These acquisitions are supposed to add more than 1 Million new job seekers to CareerBuilder international ... More About: European , Men , Port
Recruitment Firm TWC Group to provide comprehensive HRO
2007-03-28 19:05:00 TWC Group , a leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services, announced today that HR Impact, the full-service human resources outsourcing (HRO) unit of the company, has become a fully integrated TWC Group division.This move reflects TWC Group?s holistic approach to human capital solutions, from end-to-end HRO and RPO to specialized executive search and consulting ... More About: Men , Comp , Recruitment , Comprehensive
Kenexa to facilitate Volvo Global strategic Recruiting Initiatives
2007-03-28 19:00:00 Volvo, A leading manufacturer of Trucks, buses, construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications and aerospace components and services has tied a recruiting deal with the talent acquisition and retention solutions provider Kenexa to support global recruiting initiatives. Under the terms of the agreement, Kenexa will provide an online global recruitment management system, Kenexa ... More About: Volvo , Recruiting , Global , Trat , Stra
Business Excellence in HR awarded to Ernst & Young
2007-03-28 18:53:00 During the London Chamber of Commerce 24th Annual Business Achievement awards, Ernst & Young was awarded with Business excellence in HR. The award is given considering the consulting firm’s progressive hiring,retaining and recognition practices in Canada. The awards will be finalized based on recruiting,recognition and retention practices at companies facing talent shortages in London, Ontario. For ... More About: Cell , War , Elle
UK?s City of Edinburgh Council signs £10 million contract with BT to improv
2007-03-28 14:12:00 The City of Edinburgh Council has signed a £10 million contract with BT to transform its human resource (HR) service across the Council. The new system, e-HR, will streamline the council’s core HR processes, ranging from recruitment, health and safety and absence management. It will enable managers to access information more easily while reducing paper transactions. The ... More About: With , Signs , Lion , Contract
Accenture increased its hiring plans,to hire 60,000 people
2007-03-28 14:03:00 Accenture, the world’s second larget consulting firm increased its plans to hire 60,000 people worldwide, out of which 35,000 people to be hired in India. The hiring plans are in line with its more than expected Q2 profits fuelled by HR , F&A,Payables outsourcing coupled with its consulting business contracts. Net income climbed to $296.7 ... More About: People , Hire , Cent , Plans , Ring
ACS wins $4.7Million Benefits Outsourcing contract with PERSI
2007-03-27 21:44:00 ACS announced today it won a renewal contract for Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI), a multi-billion dollar retirement plan providing long-term benefits for more than 100,000 members who have had careers in public service. The three-year contract is valued at $4.7 million, with a two-year renewal option. The terms of the contract are to ... More About: Outsourcing , With , Lion , Contract , Contra
Benefits Programs foster Employee Recruitment and Retention, Survey by Metl
2007-03-26 20:44:00 MetLife conducted its survey on US Employers and Employees for its Study of Employees Benefits Trends. This year?s findings make a compelling case that benefits strategy holds the key to one of employers? most pressing challenges: the need to recruit and retain the best talent in an increasingly competitive labor market, reports MetLife. 1,514 benefits decision-makers ... More About: Programs , Survey , Men , Rete , Prog
Higher Operating costs may play spoilsport to Gevity HR Q1 earnings
2007-03-26 18:49:00 Gevity HR is expecting a decline in its Q1 revenues driven by higher operating costs and lower professional service fees. The decline is primarily attributed to a drop in its client employee count. Total client employees managed by Gevity HR might drop to 124,000 at the end of Q1 as against 128,400 client employees at ... More About: Sport , Opera , Play , Port , Cost
ACS wins $74.8 Million outsourcing contract with US DOL
2007-03-26 17:03:00 ACS, a premier provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, announced today that it has won a $74.8 million contract for medical bill processing with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) under the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The three-year contract continues services previously provided by ACS under a sub- contract ... More About: Outsourcing , With , Lion , Contract , Contra
Indian BPOs? shying away from paying overtime, A report from Economic Times
2007-03-25 13:14:00 It may be the show piece of India ?s entrepreneurial talent and technological prowess. But when it comes to compensating employees for overtime work, India?s fabled BPO sector does a bad job, even compared to the infamous sweatshops of urban India, reports Economic Time s. A Noida based BPO pays its employees Rs12.50 ( 33 cents approx) and ... More About: Indian , Report , Port
HR Metrics Series I: Employee Engagement
2007-03-23 23:53:00 Employee Engagement is an important concept in HR Management. Engaged employees are more productive, more profitable, more customer-focused, safer, and less likely to leave their employer. The reason why it is considered important is that it can be linked inversely proportional to Employee Attrition, An irk to almost every organization HR. In what way does ... More About: Series , Men , Metrics , Employee , Gage
Likely Acquisition of Kronos, HR software maker and staffing services firm
2007-03-23 20:41:00 Kronos, A HR software maker and Staffing services company publicly traded on Nasdaq, has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners under a deal worth $1.8 billion. Under the terms of the buyout agreement, Kronos shareholders will receive $55 per share. The deal is in line with ACS ... More About: Software , Services , Service , War , Ware
UK?s Southampton close to clinch outsourcing deal with Capita
2007-03-23 20:20:00 UK’s South ampton City council announced this week that it has chosen Capita as their preferred bidder for a 10-year business process outsourcing (BPO) contract covering IT, customer service, procurement, property, HR and payroll, and revenue and benefits, reports Silicon. The outsourcing costs almost doubled to £290m from the original projection of £100m to £150m. It took ... More About: Outsourcing , With , Deal , Close
HR-XML awards Certification to Hewitt and others
2007-03-20 20:11:00 HR-XML consortium, A leading source of global interoperability standards for HRM, awarded certification to Hewitt Associates, Kenexa, Justifacts Credential Verification, Inc., MetLife, Inc. onTargetjobs, Previsor, USIS, and Verifications  Inc, reports Marketwire. While the certifications to Hewitt, Kenexa, Metlife Inc.,Previsor and Verifications are renewals of earlier certifications, the certifications for Justifacts Credential Verification Inc.,OnTargetjobs, and USIS are the first ... More About: Awards , Cat , Other , Others , War
New TUPE revisions might impact future HRO contracts in UK: Confusion conti
2007-03-19 23:23:00 The Transfer of Undertakings (protection of employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) revisions in UK is said to be applied for offshoring too. The revisons extend definition of employee transfer as a result of which the offshoring might be included. Uk is the only country adopting the concept of service provision change. However the confusion continues whether ... More About: Future , Fusion , Contract , Confusion , Contra
What it makes for an Employee prefer working for a Small company rather tha
2007-03-19 22:50:00 Employees prefer to work for a small or medium company for various reasons outlined below small companies are less regimented than the large ones small companies impose fewer policies that govern employee conduct small companies can be located much closer to residential areas rather than a large company employees of small companies experience high levels of accountability and a ... More About: Company , Work , Comp , What , Hat
Benefits Administration Automation and its constraints
2007-03-19 21:47:00 Employees Benefits administration has always been a complex task for organizations. One of the biggest constraints on having an efficient benefits administration is the frequently changing employee laws, compliance, carrier rate changes,communication gaps created between employer and carriers and so on. Moreover, benefits administration has never been a cost effective solution considering the high paper ... More About: Auto , Rain , Mini , Train , Administration
NiSource might take back certain outsourced services to IBM In-House
2007-03-19 20:24:00 NiSource is reviewing the current outsourcing relationship with IBM, signed in 2004 for 10 years, priced at $1.6 billion, reports CBROnline. It is also reported that Source’s has already decided to take certain finance functions back in-house. The original outsourcing contract signed includes F&A, HR, Supply Chain, billing and collections, call center and IT function. ... More About: House , Services , Service , Take
John Nail, Principal of Industry Radar and Founder of Employease speaks to
2007-03-17 00:22:00 He knows how to optimize technology to derive desired HR solutions. However, He is not a technology guy. He found Employease, a company that was highly regarded as the first Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor and that was subsequently acquired by ADP. He found digitalBenefits, an information management company intended to serve employee benefits and HR for ... More About: Industry , Founder , John , Speak , Principal
Female Bosses are not a case of worry, survey by MSNBC.com and Elle Magazin
2007-03-16 19:55:00 A survey conducted in January 2007 by MSNBC.com and Elle Magazine shows that the negative perceptions of Female Boss es slowly dying, reports SHRM. The survey was restricted primarily to MSNBC.com readers mostly at the age of 42. Among them 94% are full-time employees while 44% supervise other workers. The results of the survey are reproduced below More than ... More About: Survey , Worry
Mercer HR Services team up with WMSI to offer Enhanced Rollover services fo
2007-03-15 00:28:00 Mercer HR services announced today that it will leverage technology of Wealth Management Systems Inc (WMSI) to help retirement plan participants easily open individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) with a choice of variety Industry leading providers, reports Businesswire. The advantage of this new solution from Mercer is that the participants an continue their saving for retirement without ... More About: Services , Love , Lover , Service , With
HR Survey Shows Need to Fix Medical Leave Law
2007-03-14 00:29:00 Summary of Survey conducted by SHRM – Four out of ten HR professionals stated that they have had to grant FMLA requests that they believed were not legitimate due to the Department of Labor’s regulations or interpretations. – More than half (57 percent) of respondents found it somewhat difficult or very difficult to determine if a health condition is a ... More About: Medical , Show , Leave , Need
Staffing Sector Shares slip on US stock exchanges expecting a decline in Hi
2007-03-13 20:59:00 Almost all shares of major staffing companies inched lower on NYSE in today’s morning trades after a seasonally adjusted survey showed that employers are likely to maintain or trim staff levels in the second quarter, reports Chron. The survey was done by Milwaukee-based global staffing company Manpower Inc. The results of the survey are given below According ... More About: Change , Exchange , Stock , Share , Staffing
ExcellerateHRO partners with HireRight for Employment Screening
2007-03-13 19:27:00 ExcellerateHRO, A global HRO provider announced its partnership with Hire Right, An on-demand Employment screening leader for Employment screening, reports Webwire. ?Today?s HR outsourcing customers are looking for a full-service provider with market-leading solutions, global reach and HR industry expertise,? said Iris Goldfein, vice president, global offerings for ExcellerateHRO. ?HireRight is pleased to be ExcellerateHRO?s employment screening partner,? ... More About: Screen , Partner , Cell , Men
Top Payroll Deals for 2006
2007-03-11 16:51:00 HRO Today has released the Top Payroll (outsourcing) deals for 2006. According to its research, many of the deals are termed as mid-market deals. Mid-Market, according to HRO Today comprises organizations with employee size varying anywhere between 500 to 5000. The report also says the buyers have become more knowledgable and demanding. The customer is the ... More About: Roll , Deal
HRO MANAGER Advocates Industry Radar as the Best resource for HR Profession
More articles from this author:2007-03-09 23:53:00 We advocate Industry Radar as the best RSS resource for HR professionals across the World. RSS syndication and aggregation is the new trend in E-media, more and more readers opting out to get e-mail updates by subscribing to the feeds or reading directly from the feeds. Not many RSS aggregators exist in Human Resources feeds which ... More About: Cat , Profession , Manager , Source 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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