IDR is an independent research organisation specialising in the pay and employment field

Our research covers pay, benefits, reward practice and HR policy. We provide HR professionals with information, data, analysis and tools to help them make intelligent reward decisions.

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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13/06/2025 PPF publishes DEI strategy for 2025 to 2028

13/06/2025 Heathrow Airport strike breaking shame causes passenger assistance dispute escalation

13/06/2025 Spending Review could mean teacher pay rises of 2% per year | Tes

13/06/2025 Outsourced museum security guards secure up to 23 per cent pay rises in major victory | Morning Star

13/06/2025 DLA Piper increases NQ pay to £130,000

13/06/2025 Domestic abuse charity staff balloted on strike action for second time in months

13/06/2025 10,000 Wilko workers to get £2 million pay out

13/06/2025 Resounding turnout and yes vote in OFGEM strike ballot

13/06/2025 Poundland sold for £1 with shops set to close

12/06/2025 Cardiff University job cuts a health and safety crisis, says UCU

12/06/2025 Renfrewshire Council gender pay gap 'significantly' narrows in favour of women

12/06/2025 Spending Review: Chancellor vows to improve pay for social workers

12/06/2025 Gender pay gap: Why are female secondary heads paid less? | Tes

12/06/2025 Modified working times at Churchill War Rooms

12/06/2025 Staff at a Wigan firm making plastic packaging for companies including Coca Cola are to walk out for six days

12/06/2025 More than 1,500 workers set to vote on strike at Sellafield

12/06/2025 City firms order workers back to the office as WFH perks end

12/06/2025 Hundreds of jobs at risk as bus maker Alexander Dennis plans shutdown of Scottish sites

12/06/2025 Hybrid working out of reach for poor and low-skilled workers, says ONS

11/06/2025 Nottingham hospital trust to cut 430 jobs in bid to save £97m

11/06/2025 University job cuts ‘enter dangerous phase’ as redundancies rise

11/06/2025 Job losses at Totally as urgent NHS call firm collapses

11/06/2025 Four in 10 non-unionised employers oppose industrial action reforms in employment rights bill, CIPD survey finds

11/06/2025 Teachers in Wales offered 4% pay increase by ministers

11/06/2025 GPs in the dark as promised 4% pay rise yet to materialise

11/06/2025 Bangor university boss gets pay rise while staff jobs cut

11/06/2025 Scottish labour market cools amid rising employment and pay pressures

11/06/2025 Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say

11/06/2025 UK retail jobs down by more than 360,000 in a decade

11/06/2025 Brick by brick: UK builders gear up for post-pandemic boom despite global gloom

10/06/2025 TSSA warns of industrial action at Translink

10/06/2025 Short-notice train cancellations expected on CrossCountry services

10/06/2025 University of Lincoln staff vote strike action over redundancies

10/06/2025 Edge Group Scotland becomes latest accredited Living Hours employer in Scotland

10/06/2025 New report equates gov care cuts to “state-sponsored labour exploitation”

10/06/2025 Private sector median pay increases fall from 3.5% to 3.4%

10/06/2025 Wigan Alpla UK plastic packaging strikes over fire and rehire disgrace

10/06/2025 UK pay growth cools as job market weakens

10/06/2025 'Macho' approach criticised by union as Cardiff University pushes modified cuts programme

10/06/2025 Police Scotland staff consider strike action over cuts

10/06/2025 Union membership increases in Reform-led councils

10/06/2025 River Island drafts 'radical rescue plan' putting thousands of jobs at risk - TheIndustry.fashion

09/06/2025 UK private-sector pay settlements fall despite higher minimum wage, data shows

09/06/2025 IVF parents should have right to paid fertility leave, says GMB union

09/06/2025 University staff to strike after "disgraceful" job cuts plans

09/06/2025 Nurses to vote on pay deal amid concerns of industrial action

09/06/2025 Stagecoach drivers begin six week strike as pay dispute rolls on

09/06/2025 Workington Chapel Bank Engineering closes with 130 jobs lost

09/06/2025 LGA backs flexible work policies for local authorities

09/06/2025 Six weeks strike set to stop Stagecoach West Scotland bus services

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