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In 2014 we identified a gap in the market for independent research on pay and reward and IDR is committed to filling that gap. Since then, we have delivered work for a wide range of clients and have a steadily growing subscriber base.

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05/10/2026 Women in architecture: the damaging workplace culture pushing talented professionals out

05/10/2026 Male managers blind to gender bias blocking women’s careers says report

05/10/2026 Thousands of Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in one of UK’s biggest fire-and-rehire plans

05/10/2026 300,000 UK workers leave work each year and become economically inactive | theHRD

05/10/2026 UK firms see smaller price rises, wage growth steady, BoE survey shows

05/10/2026 Salaries continue to grow for majority of creative industry but gender pay gap widens

05/10/2026 Are Deliveroo riders really self-employed? Labour wants to change the test

05/10/2026 Tesco to offer paid ‘Safe Leave’ for victims of domestic abuse

05/10/2026 CrossCountry train drivers turn down above-inflation pay rise

05/10/2026 UK universities told to implement 2 per cent pay uplift

05/10/2026 Diageo strike action escalates at Cameronbridge distillery

05/10/2026 Pilgrims workers secure inflation busting pay improvement and end strike

05/10/2026 Scottish university staff warned over 'threatening behaviour' amid strikes

05/10/2026 Nearly 400 jobs to be lost at Grangemouth chemical producer plant

05/10/2026 Nursery staff set to ballot on strike action over pension scheme

05/10/2026 Travelodge guests are still at risk, finds review launched after sexual assault

05/10/2026 Company with 800 UK car parks falls into administration for second time in 2026

05/10/2026 ‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

05/10/2026 Strikes by North Sea oil workers could ‘severely disrupt’ UK fuel supplies

05/10/2026 BBC morale dented by gradual ‘bloodletting’ after weeks of job cuts

02/10/2026 Acas finds 4 in 5 want flexible working | Health & Safety Matters

02/10/2026 Why are employers struggling to retain talent despite fewer job vacancies?

02/10/2026 EXCLUSIVE: Anger at Dundee University chief's 'moral' job loss comment

02/10/2026 NHS Unions say the Health Secretary must finish the job – and fix pay

02/10/2026 Outsourced Universal Credit Review (UCR) staff to be insourced

02/10/2026 Coastguards set for union recognition

02/10/2026 Doctors say radical plan to merge Scotland's health boards should be scrapped

02/10/2026 Trade unions locked out of SNP government discussions on the future of buses

02/10/2026 Union fury as SNP minister signals end of compulsory job loss ban

02/10/2026 Retailers pay 72p in tax for every £1 of profit

02/10/2026 Coventry automotive supplier falls into administration with 55 jobs lost | TheBusinessDesk.com

02/10/2026 Manchester theatre nurses to hold more strikes

02/10/2026 Glasgow City Council ends pause on fire-and-rehire plan after talks break down

02/10/2026 Medical Protection Society receives menopause-friendly employer re-accreditation

02/10/2026 'Unpredictable bus disruption' likely during industrial action this week

02/10/2026 ‘Victory’ as Glasgow health visitors to get job re-evaluated

02/10/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk as major Scottish chemical site faces closure

02/10/2026 Aldermore puts jobs at risk in retreat from invoice finance market

02/10/2026 Would a gambling tax rise in the budget really shut shops and cost jobs?

01/10/2026 Unions respond to Burnham's first conference speech as Labour leader & PM - IER

01/10/2026 Dorset and Wiltshire fire service faces retirements and 8.6 per cent pay gap

01/10/2026 BMA committee backs equal pay for GPs and consultants

01/10/2026 Devon libraries tight-lipped on possible job losses

01/10/2026 Strike action threatened if Glasgow council don't remove 'fire and rehire' from pay negotiations

01/10/2026 Hundreds of staff at four Greater Manchester hospitals to walk out again

01/10/2026 Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector

01/10/2026 Legal 500 workers win full pay claim after strike action

01/10/2026 MoD drivers renew strike action following management failures

01/10/2026 Gatwick Airport strikes off as workers win improved pay deal

01/10/2026 UK bosses left in dark by Burnham and Healey’s emphasis on ‘cost of business’

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