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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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12/06/2026 NHS workforce reforms scheme falls ‘significantly short’

12/06/2026 The gender pay gap of CEOs at the biggest academy trusts | Tes

12/06/2026 High Pay Centre at 15 Years: The Fight for Fair Pay Continues - High Pay Centre

12/06/2026 UK SMEs turn to AI before accountants, survey finds

12/06/2026 Leicestershire Council early years SEND staff strike over restructure - CYP Now

12/06/2026 NEU strike fund falls as teacher pay decision looms | Tes

12/06/2026 UK government scheme ‘causing employers to hire fewer disabled people’, say MPs

12/06/2026 'It's absolutely shocking' - 47 staff at Kingsbury special school face 'fire and rehire' notices - Harrow Online

12/06/2026 Balcas Enniskillen workers to strike over pay row - The Fermanagh Herald

12/06/2026 BT boss takes home £5.6m as pay and bonus package more than doubles

12/06/2026 Record number of young people fear long-term unemployment

11/06/2026 Katten boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £135k - Legal Cheek

11/06/2026 Strike pays off for Crane BS&U workers

11/06/2026 Dundee University passes £20m in further cuts as 250 jobs face being lost

11/06/2026 Aviation workers demand fuel-crisis guarantees

11/06/2026 The unequal burden: UK working mothers bear brunt of parental stress and burnout

11/06/2026 UK gender pay gap could take another 30 years to close – despite decade of reporting

11/06/2026 Is the UK enjoying a productivity rebound?

11/06/2026 Union calls for body cams for refuse workers and street cleaners

11/06/2026 Strike days fall by almost two thirds during Labour's first year in power

11/06/2026 Could paid Carer's Leave be on the horizon? Government seeks views on new rights | HR Operations | HR Grapevine | News

11/06/2026 Lloyds boosts family leave support with National Living Wage pay guarantee | HR Operations | HR Grapevine | News

11/06/2026 Workers at Sellafield site call off strike plans – cumbriacrack.com

11/06/2026 65% of staff have avoided speaking openly about workload and burnout issues in past six months

11/06/2026 Four in five UK boards discussing which decisions should be led by AI

10/06/2026 Can common sense replace Equality Act protections, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?

10/06/2026 Courage rewarded: Armed Forces personnel to get above-inflation pay rise of 3.6%

10/06/2026 Armed Forces personnel receive third consecutive above inflation pay rise

10/06/2026 DfE announces £4,500 bonus for early years teachers in 10 most deprived areas - Nursery World

10/06/2026 400 North Wales defence workers to strike in pay row

10/06/2026 Dundee University staff vote in support of more strike action

10/06/2026 Sellafield site pay dispute sparks new week-long strike

10/06/2026 Strike action curtailed as Brighton Pavilion charity staff receive verbal offer

10/06/2026 Plans being made to mitigate delays as NHS staff walk out in holiday pay row

10/06/2026 Great Yarmouth summer stink as refuse workers prepare for poverty pay strikes

10/06/2026 Unions slam 'lack of progress' on support staff pay

10/06/2026 Academisation threatens equal pay, unions warn ministers

10/06/2026 Horticulture industry shifts towards higher-paid roles

10/06/2026 Strikes at cutting-edge Welsh defence optics company

10/06/2026 National Education Union staff to take strike action

10/06/2026 170 jobs lost as historic Gateshead group ceases trading after over 100 years

10/06/2026 Thousands of graduates earning less than living wage after five years

10/06/2026 Strike action at Sellafield likely to start next week – cumbriacrack.com

10/06/2026 The pension system missed Gen X women — what if they are the future?

10/06/2026 Over 100 jobs at risk as Norfolk biomass plant faces closure - Bioenergy Insight Magazine

10/06/2026 UK’s biggest retailers urge government to act on youth unemployment

09/06/2026 Kemi Badenoch to call for scrapping of legal equality duty

09/06/2026 New research suggests a 4-day work week would result in a significant improvement to disabled peoples' inclusion at work - IER

09/06/2026 Driverless taxi rollout raises concerns over future of UK cabbies

09/06/2026 NI health: Hospital doctors to strike in pay dispute

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