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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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19/03/2026 Cornwall hospital trust backs down on redundancies but staffing fears remain - UNISON South West

19/03/2026 More Asda jobs ruled comparable in £1.2bn equal pay claim

19/03/2026 Barclays reports 28.4% mean gender pay gap for 2025

19/03/2026 UKRI publishes gender pay gap report

19/03/2026 UNICEF UK reports on socioeconomic pay gap among staff for first time

19/03/2026 PDA reveals 3% pay increase for Superdrug pharmacy staff

19/03/2026 Teacher pay: 6.5% rise won't be enough, says NFER

19/03/2026 Four colleges across Berkshire take strike action over pay

19/03/2026 Local social workers set to strike after industrial action is reinstated

19/03/2026 STV staff back strike action over planned pay freeze

19/03/2026 PCS Scotland pushes for four-day-week

19/03/2026 More problems at Capita for Defence staff

19/03/2026 Peterborough Council to bring waste services back in-house

19/03/2026 Thousands of school staff in Wales to get pay rise

19/03/2026 Tesco invests £200m in above‑inflation hourly pay rise

19/03/2026 Greene King could close 150 pubs amid the Chancellor’s policies - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

19/03/2026 University staff facing losing their jobs were 'incorrectly' told they were safe

19/03/2026 Doncaster bus disruption as First drivers vote for strike action

19/03/2026 North East London bus strikes averted after pay win

19/03/2026 Next week’s Tube strikes called off after progress in dispute over hours

19/03/2026 Economists raise UK inflation forecasts after energy costs surge

19/03/2026 KPMG and Harvey Nichols among employers found to have paid less than UK minimum wage

19/03/2026 Economists have caught the AI bug

19/03/2026 Redundancy warnings reach highest level since Covid

19/03/2026 Pay growth at lowest rate in more than five years

18/03/2026 Major charity reverses its gender pay gap

18/03/2026 Insurance among UK sectors with widest hidden pay gaps - study

18/03/2026 Support staff at two North Lincolnshire schools vote for strikes over jobs and pay | UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside

18/03/2026 Huge cuts to be made at Scottish SPCA with job losses and no island coverage

18/03/2026 Thousands of teaching assistants set for pay rise as workforce plan published

18/03/2026 “Underpaid” RFA seafarers strike talks ongoing as "recruitment crisis" addressed

18/03/2026 Second Step strike ends as staff secure improved pay offer - UNISON South West

18/03/2026 Gig economy must help drivers amid fuel crisis

18/03/2026 ABDO publishes survey data on dispensing optician salaries

18/03/2026 One in five charity staff say their wages fail to cover basic needs, report finds

18/03/2026 NHS pay rise improvement talks are vital, say unions - UNISON National

18/03/2026 Secondary headteachers’ gender pay gap in Wales increases tenfold in a year

18/03/2026 Hundreds of BMA staff vote to take strike action

18/03/2026 Close Brothers banking group to cut 600 jobs and roll out AI ‘at pace’

18/03/2026 Unite the Union to pay £435,000 over 'illegal' Birmingham bin strike pickets | ITV News

18/03/2026 The 7 London bus routes set for severe delays due to strikes this week

18/03/2026 Strike action planned across 22 schools over pay and job cuts - full list

18/03/2026 Flight delays to Stansted as ABM workers ballot for strikes

18/03/2026 UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs

18/03/2026 120 jobs at risk as part of business to close after 40 years

18/03/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk at Bentley in Crewe

17/03/2026 When Neurodiversity Adjustments Are Seen as Perks: Rethinking Culture in FE | FE News

17/03/2026 “Cuts like these simply aren’t acceptable”: Support staff at Derbyshire schools set to strike over jobs and pay

17/03/2026 Remote working policies aimed at parents raises questions around productivity

17/03/2026 'Chronic overwork': Flexible working has greatest impact on ...

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