employeesfirstbook.com The Employees First, Customers Second (EFCS) is a radical new philosophy by Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, a leading global outsourcing service provider. The philosophy is all about creating a unique employee organization, driving an inverted organizational structure, ensuring transparency and accountability within the organization, and encouraging a value-driven culture. HCL completes full circle of world-wide recognition for its Employee First philosophy with Hewitt Best Employer award in India and Asia; CRF 2008 Award in UK; Optimas and Global Services 100 Survey in the US It has been named as one of 25 Best Employers in Asia” and ranked No. 1 Best Employer in India” by Hewitt in its 2009 Study.

Positive start for Mitie
LONDON (SHARECAST) – Outsourcing and asset management group Mitie said it had seen a positive start on the year, without any material changes to public sector markets brought about by government measures to address the deficit.

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State technology employees protest outsourcing plans
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — About 75 state Office of Technology employees rallied outside of their Capitol Complex offices Wednesday evening to protest state plans to outsource information technology operations. The move could not only eliminate their jobs, bu…

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Say a business is outsourcing some work to countries like Mexico, Honduras, etc. besides cross training their domestic employees what else can the employer do to maintain a healthy relationship with their domestic employees?
What else might HR do to keep the domestic employees productive if the business does outsource work to other countries?