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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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14/09/2026 Wirral care workers to strike for three days in long-running pay dispute

14/09/2026 Fresh FCDO strike dates announced

14/09/2026 Amazon and Apple furniture factory facing strike over pay

14/09/2026 Estate agency gender pay gap widens as progress goes into reverse

14/09/2026 Glasgow council staff hit hard by new pay structure could be redeployed or retire

14/09/2026 Job hunters ignoring ‘silent pay rise’ of generous employer pensions

14/09/2026 Nurses asked for views on pay, wellbeing and work life in government survey

14/09/2026 Employers set to award pay increases of between 3% and 3.99% in 2027

14/09/2026 UK faces £258bn infrastructure spending gap, warns report

14/09/2026 Automation is coming for the gig economy

14/09/2026 eCourier drivers likely to win worker rights claim, lawyers say

14/09/2026 Burnham eyes youth minimum wage rethink as jobs crisis bites

14/09/2026 New £1bn train fleet to create hundreds of jobs in Derby

14/09/2026 UK holiday home company closes after entering administration with 80 jobs lost

14/09/2026 Doughnut company to close Sandwell production site with more than 50 jobs set to go

14/09/2026 Resuming NHS pay structure talks ‘essential’, say health unions

14/09/2026 TechnipFMC strike action suspended after enhanced pay offer

14/09/2026 Alstom Derby battery electric train fleet contract secured after Unite campaign

14/09/2026 Gail’s introduces menopause action plan

14/09/2026 48% of Generation X staff feel they have left retirement planning too late

11/09/2026 Pay squeeze is making junior staff unwilling to train new hires | theHRD

11/09/2026 Job losses at Jaguar Land Rover highlight the trade-offs facing Burnham’s economic policy - UK in a changing Europe

11/09/2026 John Lewis losses widen to £124m as shopper confidence dips

11/09/2026 Schools turn to flexible staff as pay rise bites budgets | FE News

11/09/2026 Glasgow social work pay cuts 'risk collapse in care of vulnerable children'

11/09/2026 Subsidiary companies leading to ‘skewed’ gender pay gap reporting

11/09/2026 McGovern: Social care workforce "unacceptably underappreciated"

11/09/2026 Universities UK’s £6bn National Insurance proposal

11/09/2026 Strike announced at major Scottish distillery after huge job cuts announced

11/09/2026 Leeds council staff to be balloted on strike action over equal pay disparity

11/09/2026 Strikes escalate at Lancashire hospitals over holiday pay dispute

11/09/2026 Neo Next workers at Flotta oil terminal secure pay rise after strike threat

11/09/2026 Tesco 'empty shelves' strike threat ends after Unite secures inflation-busting pay rise for over 3,000 workers

11/09/2026 Bedford Movianto NHS warehouse strikes off after ‘excellent’ pay deal secured

11/09/2026 Legal 500 publication to be hit by strikes

10/09/2026 Santander to transfer first 1,000 TSB staff as job cuts begin

10/09/2026 Britain's biggest wage winners and losers of the last 20 years

10/09/2026 NASUWT: Burnham's first budget must raise education spending

10/09/2026 BBC boss concedes real prospect of strikes over pay and job cuts

10/09/2026 Majority of women’s most common jobs pay below UK’s average salary

10/09/2026 Six weeks' paid leave for fathers could boost the economy

10/09/2026 What Recent UK Recruitment Surveys Reveal About the Hidden Cost of Manual Hiring - HR News

10/09/2026 Calls for pay rises to cope with cost of living crisis

10/09/2026 UK flooring firm axes 154 jobs and closes sites after falling into administration

10/09/2026 E.On UK addresses gender imbalances through equal childcare support

10/09/2026 Senior doctors to be balloted for strike action over pay and conditions

10/09/2026 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust cleaners and porters strike over pay

10/09/2026 Cumbria bus turmoil as Stagecoach drivers ballot for strikes

10/09/2026 Gatwick flight delays as Wilson James workers strike over pay

10/09/2026 UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours

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