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Paying Contractors in Company Stock 
Compensating independent contractors with company stock can raise classification and other issues.

 HR Outsourcing - General

Outsourcing the HR Function
An overview of the types of HR outsourcing arrangements, and potential benefits, special concerns and possible drawbacks of such arrangements.

The Buying Services Game
Ever wonder about the net effect of outsourcing human resource services? Get the facts before you make a move.

Keep Core Competencies, Offload Administration
Admin work is the top candidate for outsourcing, as it takes up such a large portion of the HR professional’s time.

Workforce Administration Outsourcing

HR Subprocesses Outsourcing

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 Benefits Outsourcing

Benefits Admininstration:

Benefits Outsourcing: Focus on the Employee Experience
When outsourcing benefits administration, focus on the employee end-user's experience when structuring the new vendor relationship.

Benefits Administration Outsourcing: A Primer

Weighing the Advantages of Total Benefits Outsourcing

Health Care:

Health Care Reform Accelerates Benefits Outsourcing
Benefits administration outsourcing, fueled in recent years by employers needing help to comply with health care reform measures, is growing rapidly.

Employer Satisfaction with Health Insurers Declines

Strategies to Maximize Your Health Care Vendor Relationships

Sending COBRA Off to the Experts

Retirement Plans:

Pension Plan Sponsors Outsource Investment Management
Delegating fiduciary responsibility for investment decisions relates to the need for speed and sophisticated decision-making.

Retirement Plan Outsourcing

For Retirement Plans, Broad Expansion of Web-Based Services, More Outsourcing Foreseen

Leave Management:

FMLA Administration Outsourcing

Disability Management Outsourcing

More Articles: Benefits Outsourcing 

 Compensation Outsourcing

Compensation Outsourcing: A Growing Trend
Three basic areas of compensation can be outsourced—employee, sales and executive—and each presents its own challenges.

Compensation Administration Outsourcing
Compensation administration is among the more specialized functions in most organizations, and outsourcing solutions are starting to emerge.

'Co-Sourcing' Compensation: Johnson & Johnson's Middle Path

Payroll:

Payroll Outsourcing: Full or Partial Remains the Question

Payroll: In, Out or In Between?

More Articles: Compensation Outsourcing

 Staffing Management Outsourcing

 Global Outsourcing

 Call Centers

Call Centers Come Home
Using home-based call center workers can offer employers significant financial and HR advantages over offshoring.

HR Helps Make the Call on Overseas Centers

The Ins and Outs of Customer Contact Centers

Most Outsourced Call Centers Won't Save Money

 IT Outsourcing

If the Shoe Fits: Outsourcing HRMS
Outsourcing an HR management system (HRMS) platform can save money and improve service.

The ABCs of ASPs (Application Service Providers)

 Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)

 Shared Services

Shared Services Can Cut Process Costs, but Many Fail to See Gains
More companies are forming internal organizations to consolidate and support redundant functions, such as accounts payable, for disparate business units.

Shared Services Boost Satisfaction, Study Suggests

Shared-Services Success Story Shared

 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OUTSOURCING

Can Diversity and Inclusion Be Outsourced?
Hiring a consulting firm to develop or support a diversity function is fine, as long as senior leaders drive the organization’s diversity strategy.

 Vendor Directory

SHRM's HR Vendor Directory highlights more than 3,500 of the foremost companies offering products and services to the human resource profession.

 Broker Considerations

 Vendor Bidding and Governance

 Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

RFP Samples and Templates:
View this collection of sample RFPs for benefits, payroll/compensation and other HR services.

Related Articles:

Maximizing the RFP Process: How to Select the Best Vendor

Preparing an HR Outsourcing Request for Proposals

Dos and Don'ts of RFP Writing for HR Departments

 Featured Videos

  Tom Kelley

 

 
RFP Considerations
Tom Kelley of Ameriben/IEC Group discusses deliverables in a request for proposal and cost/benefit analysis.
 

Monica Barron

 

 

HR and Outsourcing
Monica Barron of Everest Research Institute on taking into account the nature of the work being outsourced.

 Monica Barron

 


Outsource Advisors
Monica Barron of Everest Research Institute offers tips on working with outsource advisors.

 

 

Outsourcing Emergencies
Ann Clark of ACI Specialty Benefits on planning for outsourcing in disaster situations.

 Alan Blinder

 


Outsourcing PBM
Larry Hicks of the Hay Group discusses outsourcing pharmacy benefit management. 

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