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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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16/05/2025 Little evidence that hybrid working has encouraged high skilled people to relocate to cheaper regions - Workplace Insight

16/05/2025 Study reveals local government gender gap

16/05/2025 ‘People say they're working harder for less – and they’re right’: key takeaways from the CIPD Reward and Benefits Conference

16/05/2025 Strike at large social care charity to go ahead as staff feel ‘let down’ by ministers

16/05/2025 'Illusion of transparency': BU staff launch strike ballot and no-confidence vote

16/05/2025 Union voices concerns over merger of food manufacturers

16/05/2025 Red Handling strike at Gatwick suspended as Unite members are balloted

16/05/2025 Next suffers shareholder rebellion over pay transparency

16/05/2025 Cardiff University keeps 650 'in scope' for redundancy despite no compulsory job losses pledge

15/05/2025 Scotrail workers accept two-year pay offer

15/05/2025 Lack of change in workplace sees gender pay gap persist

15/05/2025 Mind the gap: The gender pay divide persists | Property Week

15/05/2025 NHS Scotland 8 per cent pay offer over two years accepted by Unite members

15/05/2025 Unite strike action against Veolia to escalate as workers in Cheshire balloted

15/05/2025 Care workers to strike for first time in over a decade

15/05/2025 Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as designer suffers heavy losses

15/05/2025 Post-Covid home working has failed to level up UK economy, study finds

15/05/2025 Bosses of hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise

14/05/2025 Norfolk Mind counsellors to strike over pay dispute

14/05/2025 RCM members in Scotland vote to accept pay offer - Royal College of Midwives

14/05/2025 Pay rise for doctors ‘may trigger NHS cuts and nurse walkouts’

14/05/2025 FedEx to shut North Staffordshire warehouse with loss of 400 jobs

14/05/2025 NHS workers in East Midlands 'in the dark' amid job cuts

14/05/2025 Shoosmiths exits Nottingham office in shift to flexible work hubs - East Midlands Business Link

14/05/2025 What’s happening with UK wages and employment? - Economics Observatory

14/05/2025 UNISON calls on members to reject pay offer

14/05/2025 The trend for ‘quiet’ and ‘soft’ quitting is a symptom of our deteriorating relationship with work

14/05/2025 Major Whitehall buildings to be shut to shed 12,000 civil servant jobs in London

13/05/2025 City law firms turn to bonuses in battle for top junior lawyer talent - Legal Cheek

13/05/2025 Working-class status treated as 'protected characteristic' in Equity manifesto

13/05/2025 New report lifts lid on workplace culture in the utilities sector - Water Magazine

13/05/2025 Gender and ethnicity staff pay gaps at University of Sheffield revealed

13/05/2025 Men paid £6 an hour more than women at hospitals due to medic roles and bonuses

13/05/2025 Northern Ireland: Department statistics reveal nearly 15,000 low-paid education support workers on precarious temporary contracts

13/05/2025 The minimum wage is now coming for white-collar work

13/05/2025 UK jobs slowdown hits education and healthcare as spending cuts bite

13/05/2025 Migration cuts are a luxury the UK cannot afford

13/05/2025 Reform UK can now influence over £100bn of pensions. Brace for the war on ‘woke investments’

13/05/2025 UK wage growth eases as jobs market weakens

13/05/2025 Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses

13/05/2025 Nissan to cut 20,000 jobs globally, reports say

13/05/2025 Just 21 companies prosecuted in 15 years for not paying minimum wage

13/05/2025 UK employer confidence falls to pandemic-era low

13/05/2025 What does Labour's new Immigration White Paper change?

12/05/2025 What you said was the key reason for military personnel leaving Armed Forces

12/05/2025 Next under fire on living wage: Retailer resists calls from investors

12/05/2025 NHS nurses could go on strike over 25% erosion in pay, union boss warns

12/05/2025 Care worker recruitment from abroad to end, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says

12/05/2025 Hospital chiefs accused of ‘misleading the public’ amid pay dispute - Gloucester News Centre

12/05/2025 Union to ballot teachers over class contact time dispute

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