- Tuesday, 26 January 2010IVA help may be needed by those who are struggling to find work after being made redundant as a result of the recession.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) latest Work Audit reveals that 1.3 million people lost their jobs during the recession, tainting the somewhat rosy picture indicated by official statistics.
The CIPD results show that there were 6.2 million fresh claims for the Jobseekers Allowance between April 2008 and November 2009, highlighting the degree to which many people are still struggling to find permanent jobs, states the report.
CIPD chief economic adviser Dr John Philpott said the direct experience of redundancy, repeated unemployment and pay penalties has been widespread.
"This is likely to have a much greater impact on perceptions of job security and consumer confidence during the recovery than the simple 'unemployment situation is better than feared' story of the moment would suggest," he said.
The latest Office for National Statistics report shows that unemployment levels fell by 7,000 over the last quarter to reach 2.46 million - taking the rate back down to 7.8 per cent.
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