(Oslo, August 3rd, 2009) Zalaris HR Services AS has entered into one of the largest agreements in Norway for outsourcing of transactional HR and payroll with Hydro ASA. As of August 1st Hydro transferred their shared services Compensation and Benefits Services unit to Zalaris. In 2008, the unit produced on the average 19’800 pay slips per month.
The five year agreement is the largest outsourcing deal for Zalaris in Norway as well as one of the ever largest signed outsourcing deals in Norway. The contract positions Zalaris as one of the largest outsourcers of payroll and HR Outsourcing (HRO) in the Nordic region.
The agreement consists of two parts. First, an acquisition of Hydro’s CBS unit and second a five year agreement to provide Hydro with transactional HR services as payroll administration, travel expense processing, time and attendance including sick leave refund processing to Hydro’s 5700 employees and 9500 pensioners in Norway.
As a part of the agreement, 20 staff will transfer to Zalaris from Hydro. The new colleagues represent an important resource for Zalaris. The transferred staff is primarily located at Karmøy and Notodden.
The agreement was negotiated as a result of a competitive tender process.
We are proud to be selected as Hydro’s HRO partner. This is an important agreement for us. It is a sign that our strategy to become the leading Nordic supplier of full service HR services is a success. We are approaching an important milestone of serving more than 100’000 managers and employees with full service HRO and payroll services on a monthly basis – says Hans-Petter Mellerud, Zalaris CEO
It is a communicated part of Hydro’s strategy to downsize internal support organizations and focus on core business.
– Through outsourcing payroll and transactional HR to Zalaris, we will better be able to focus on our core business. At the same time we will achieve significant savings. Simultaneously, we ensure that our staff joins a trusted employer that will build on their competency, says Anne Harris, Hydro’s HR Director.
About Zalaris
Zalaris is a leading pan-Nordic provider of innovative and cost effective HR Outsourcing (HRO), HR Technology and HR Consulting services to large Nordic and international customers. Our smartHR solution powered by SAP HR includes a full service range of comprehensive personnel administrative processes including payroll, employee help desk, talent management and analytics.
As SAP BPO Partner, Zalaris implement best practice SAP HR web supported cross border business processes that result in tangible business results for our customers, including reduced and variable costs and the ability to focus on strategic HR.
Zalaris delivers services from local language service centers in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania and India.
Our mission is to deliver WOW! services in implementing and operating HR processes to large organizations in Northern Europe. We are the leading expertise supporting the HR function and implementing SAP HCM based solutions.
Please visit us at www.zalaris.com
For more information please contact:
Hans-Petter Mellerud, Zalaris CEO; Tel: +47-92 89 72 76 or via hans-petter.mellerud@zalaris.com