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Another good article on how and why mid-sized companies (1,000 - 10,000 employees) are outsourcing Human Resources, from our friends at Benefitnews.com:

http://www.benefitnews.com/nw.cfm

For you "Reader's Digest" types, here's my favorite line:

"Furthermore, some employers prefer working with one HR service provider, instead of multiple vendors, because that is less complicated, especially in terms of COBRA administration, employee verification, tax filing management and payroll supervision, the report states. "

One vendor, one professional team of experts. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? This is one of the hottest trends out there now - that is only going to get larger. What actually gets outsourced is increasing too. If it isn't core to your business, why do it yourself?