HR Outsourcing in the UK

Reilly P, Wolfe H | HR Network Paper MP30 | Institute for Employment Studies | Apr 2004

The subject of HR outsourcing has attracted considerable attention during recent years and there is a lot of talk in the personnel press about the subject.

However, there exists rather less detail on its extent and the strategic intent that underpins it. Is there really a shift towards a greater and deeper outsourcing of HR activities? This review seeks to address this question.