"Changes in overall redundancy rates can often be accounted for by a change in a specific industry/region. Redundancies in 2002 stood out as showing a number of differences compared to other years, and are a good illustration of this point. This article looks at redundancy estimates for spring quarters from 1999 to 2003. Analysis of redundancies is broken down by sex, age, region, occupation and industry. It was found that men were more likely than women to be made redundant, and younger and older workers were more likely to be made redundant than those in the middle age group. The article also examines types of redundancy pay received, reasons for redundancy and re-employment following redundancy.Post-Census reweighted Labour Force Survey (LFS) data were used for analysis and provide an update to the previous Labour Market Trends article on redundancies (June 2001, pp315-322)."

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