Mergers and acquisitions

Keeping employees engaged can be tough at the best of times let alone when an organisation goes through a merger, leaving staff vulnerable. How can we protect the employer brand?

Frequently asked questions to the Legal Advisory Service on transfer of undertakings (TUPE).

NorthgateArinso has become the world's biggest HR outsourcer after acquiring the HR management division of US provider Convergys.

Three top executives at Cadbury have announced they are to step down, less than 24 hours after the takeover by US food giant Kraft was approved by shareholders.

The Kraft Foods hostile bid for Cadbury and the British Airways/Iberia merger, plus a whole flurry of other activity, has once again put mergers and acquisitions...

Looks at HR's involvement in merger and acquisition activity in key contexts, drawing on case-study research and data from a large-scale CIPD survey.

This report contains the key findings of a project on HR's role in mergers and acquisitions, sponsored by CIPD, Mercers Human Resource Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. It addresses the issue of how the HR function can play a more consistent and strategic role before, during and after the deal to ensure that people issues, often cited as the main cause of poor post-merger performance, are handled well.