Analysis of major retail insolvencies since 2011 reveals that 53% of jobs are not made redundant but are preserved during the insolvency process, while 48% of stores survive.

CIPD research reveals that one in three firms are maintaining staff levels higher than they need in order to avoid losing skills, but will make redundancies if economic growth does not return soon.

Workplace experts Acas have published a new study into how employees feel about delivering news of redundancies and redeployment to their colleagues.

A new package of proposals to reform rules for consulting staff about large scale redundancies has been published by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb.

In its latest Work Audit report, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has looked at the impact of the jobs recession that began in 2008 on employers, workers and the economy as a whole.