Edinburgh Council signs 10m HR deal

City of Edinburgh Council has signed a 10m deal with BT to modernise its HR and payroll department. The new e-HR system will streamline the councilís core HR processes, ranging from recruitment, absence management and health and safety, enabling managers to access information more easily while reducing paper transactions.

Andrew Unsworth, head of e-government at the council and sponsor of the e-HR project commented ëThis project will draw together a shared payroll and HR operation and introduce a self-service function that is more efficient and responsive to staff,í he said.

Unsworth expects the project to deliver savings of 12m by 2016, with 1.5m saved per annum from 2009-2010.

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