RBS hires HR experts

Two experts have been hired by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to speak to its employees in HR jobs as part of a drive by the bank to carry out a large programme of restructuring.

David Ulrich, co-founder of the RBL Group, gave a speech last week which was attended by more than 600 of the bank's HR employees, reports Personnel Today.

His talk is to be followed up by sessions from David McLeod, who recently oversaw a government report into employee engagement, who is to speak to the RBS HR team about how to deal with organisational change.

While RBS refused to reveal how much each man had been paid, Mr Ulrich was paid £30,000 for a two-hour speech at the Public Sector People Managers' Association's annual conference earlier this year.

The bank has announced plans to cut around 14,000 jobs this year following the massive taxpayer bailout it has received.

Earlier this month, RBS announced a third quarter operating loss of £1.5 billion following a £3.5 billion deficit in the second quarter.

Updated: 01 December 2009.
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