Offshoring is the practice of employers basing some of its operations overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs. It typically involves employees being employed in those countries.
HR outsourcing will finally go mainstream in 2005, with medium-sized organisations leading the way.
Offshoring has been a contentious issue for HR for a while now. And a recent article featured on PersonnelToday.com heralded the welcome news that organisations will be more open with staff and unions about their outsourcing and offshoring intentions in 2005.
European workers are more enthusiastic about the prospect of outsourcing than their UK counterparts, seeing it as an opportunity to develop their careers, research shows.
Europe has overtaken the US as the world’s leading market for new outsourcing contracts, according to the latest Quarterly Index...
Shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks is ending UK production after 175 years, bringing to an end a cull of thousands...
Supermarket chain will boost its Indian employees to 770 by the end of 2005
Companies planning to outsource in 2005 are likely to talk openly about their plans to staff and unions, suggests outsourcing best practice group
Nationwide building society has re-affirmed its ‘no offshoring’ commitment to UK call centres with the opening of a new operation...
The RMT union has condemned the axing of more than 700 train-making jobs by rail manufacturing company Bombardier, and called...
You know a political issue is important when it starts to feature in television drama. The latest episode of The...
Think of the children... offshore as much as you can
Eight in 10 organisations believe that offshoring has improved their competitive position, according to research out today by the National...
Leading figures from the world of business, consultancies, trade unions and politics gathered earlier this month in central London for...
The number of companies who offshore their HR functions looks set to rocket, according to new research.The Confederation of British...
Companies are under growing pressure to relocate parts of their business overseas, the CBI says.It said the benefits of offshoring...
