<P>This book analyses corporate rescue laws, processes and policies prescribed in</P><P>corporate insolvency or bankruptcy laws, and employment laws of the UK and</P><P>the US, with a particular focus on how extant employee rights are treated when</P><P>a debtor employer initiates corporate insolvency proceedings.</P><P> </P><P>The commencement of formal insolvency proceedings by an employer affects</P><P>employees¿ rights and interests. Employment laws seek to protect employees¿ rights</P><P>and interests, while insolvency laws seek to promote corporate rescue, which may</P><P>entail workforce changes. Consequently, this creates a tension between whose</P><P>interest insolvency law should give primacy of protection. The book analyses how</P><P>corporate rescue processes such as administration, pre-pack business sales, company</P><P>voluntary arrangements, receivership and liquidation impact employee rights</P><P>and protection during corporate rescue proceedings in both jurisdict