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UK – NHS jobs to be outsourced to INDIA unions claim
Hundreds of NHS jobs could be shipped off to India under cost-saving plans being considered by health chiefs, unions have claimed. The country’s biggest health union, Unison, said the cuts could cost 900 British workers their jobs. NHS England managers are set to consider the plans at a crunch board meeting tomorrow. Most of the … Continue reading
United Airlines in Canada – Attempting an “End Run” around the Canada Labour Code in its decision to outsource says union
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) says United Airlines is attempting an “End Run” around the Canada Labour Code in its decision to outsource work at its Vancouver and Calgary operations currently performed by IAM members. “Under the code, the employer must give 16 weeks’ notice and United has not stated clearly … Continue reading
India / TCS wins 1,000 offshore jobs from British energy firm NPower
India’s largest IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) on Thursday won a major deal to handle nearly 1,000 offshore jobs for the British energy giant NPower as part of its restructuring Continue reading
Outsourcing at US airport / 26 percent in 2011 says a report
According to the study, this trend poses problems for workers, the communities surrounding airports and the flying public Continue reading
Npower / To axe 2,000 call centre jobs ?
Energy chiefs at Npower were today urged to come clean over growing speculation they are about to outsource 2,000 call centre jobs Continue reading
Rio Tinto / To outsource 700-800 jobs
Rio Tinto Ltd is expected to cut between 700 and 800 jobs globally as a result of a back-office outsourcing deal with IBM, according to The Australian Financial Review Continue reading
Outsourcing to Asia / 200,000 new jobs in 10 years research finds
More than 200,000 new manufacturing jobs could be created in the next decade as mid-sized manufacturing businesses end the process of outsourcing to Asia according to new research from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce and supported by Lloyds Banking Group. The ‘Making at home, owning abroad’ study found that … Continue reading
Canada / After the RBC outsourcing fiasco
..The recent RBC outsourcing fiasco was so unusual, revealing and, for many Canadians, infuriating. The story centred on about 50 IT workers who found their jobs outsourced and themselves fired. It got to be news only because it was outrageous: the soon-to-be fired employees had to train foreign workers, brought into the country by a … Continue reading
Declining advantages for U.S. companies from offshoring
Three economic and financial experts forecast an improvement in U.S. employment as the continuing globalization of national economies continues to lift overseas wages, blunting the advantages U.S. companies derive from offshoring. Bob Baur, chief global economist of Principal Global Investors, Jim McCaughan, chief executive officer of Principal Global Investors, and Drake University law professor Hunter … Continue reading
Canada / RBC and job outsourcing, what can be done?
We have a skilled work force whose children are training to be equally skilled. Yet as fast as we graduate people capable of doing valuable and productive jobs, those jobs disappear. Some are simply degraded. These are the full-time jobs transformed into fragile and part-time contract employment. Some, including many that are highly skilled, are … Continue reading
US / Jobs could come back if America could change its trade position says Harvard’s Lawrence
Manufacturing job opportunities could improve, although they will likely never be the same. But it isn’t because emerging markets such as China are the threat that many believe them to be, said Robert Lawrence, professor of international trade and investment at Harvard Kennedy School. Investors often focus on micro issues. They hone in on what … Continue reading
UK / Lower-skilled jobs still threatened by outsourcing
Lower-skilled and process-based jobs in the UK remain vulnerable in the face of continued popularity of business process outsourcing (BPO) to central and eastern European countries, according to research published today by professional services firm Towers Watson. The General Industry Compensation Report shows that despite the fast economic development of many countries such as Poland, … Continue reading
UK / Novartis / Jobs may go overseas
Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis has arranged a crisis meeting of scientists, NHS trustees and Government officials starting today in London in a bid to streamline Britain’s “haphazard” approach to medical research and development (R&D). Science Minister David Willetts is due to attend the meeting, thought to be the first to unite representatives of Big Pharma … Continue reading
France / Société Générale could outsource 400 jobs
Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), France’s No. 2 listed bank by value, is considering outsourcing 400 back-office jobs at its corporate and investment bank, according to internal memos seen by Reuters. The plan, in which consulting company Accenture (ACN.N) would take on staff working mainly in custody and securities services, could be extended to other businesses, such … Continue reading
Nova Scotia Govn’t | To outsource payroll jobs to IBM
The Nova Scotia government has announced a deal with IBM Canada to contract out administration of its computer information system, angering dozens of information technology workers who were told their jobs will be outsourced. “It doesn’t make you feel good when we’ve been together as a group for over five years,” said Allura McKay, a … Continue reading
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