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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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01/12/2025 Equal pay row erupts at Barnet Council

01/12/2025 UCU reveals January strike days in 32 colleges

01/12/2025 Leeds hospital staff to strike in row over back pay

01/12/2025 Teachers to be consulted on strike action for 'better pay and funding' | ITV News

01/12/2025 First UK Starbucks workers to go on strike launch five weeks of industrial action

01/12/2025 Second Step staff to take strike action across the West

01/12/2025 Birmingham agency workers join bin strike over bullying claims - BBC News

01/12/2025 PCS signs recognition deal with Capita for new Pension Scheme contract

01/12/2025 UK could see Christmas crisp shortage including Hula Hoops, McCoy's and Pom-Bear

01/12/2025 Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI

01/12/2025 ‘Hair salons and saunas’: Perks are the new frontier in the battle for top lawyers

01/12/2025 Top consultancies freeze starting salaries as AI threatens ‘pyramid’ model

01/12/2025 Christmas Guinness drought as workers announce eight days of pay strikes

01/12/2025 The UK must escape the doom loop of low skills

01/12/2025 Harrods warehouse staff underpaid by thousands of pounds after agency error

01/12/2025 Bakery chain Gail’s plans to open 40 more outlets as sales soar

01/12/2025 Schools urged to trial four-day week to ease pressure on teachers in England and Wales

28/11/2025 Pensions industry slams salary sacrifice restrictions

28/11/2025 National Timber Group goes bust with169 Scottish job losses

28/11/2025 UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’

28/11/2025 DLR cleaners strike after being told sick pay 'only for seriously or terminally ill'

28/11/2025 Employers want disabled staff ‘but don’t know where to begin’

28/11/2025 BMA staff launch formal pay dispute

28/11/2025 Wes Streeting calls BMA ‘impossible’ and says they made ‘misleading’ claims

28/11/2025 Festive strikes threaten waste collection in Waltham Forest

28/11/2025 CrossCountry customers advised of significant disruption due to planned industrial action | RailBusinessDaily

28/11/2025 RMT members at Svitzer Terminals vote for strike action over sick pay

28/11/2025 UK parliament’s security staff eye New Year’s Eve strike

28/11/2025 Bristol mental health charity staff set for strike action - UNISON South West

28/11/2025 Tate staff hold week-long strike over pay amid reports of workers using food banks

28/11/2025 More strike action announced at Border Force Maritime

28/11/2025 Unite Hospitality Village Hotel Glasgow Strike Action

28/11/2025 Festive and January sales London bus chaos as drivers vote to strike

28/11/2025 VUE St Enoch’s workers support first-ever Scottish cinema chain strike

28/11/2025 Pay win delivered for GXO Logistics drivers in Motherwell

28/11/2025 Staff shortages blighting children’s education, warns UNISON - UNISON National

28/11/2025 Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns

28/11/2025 Government consults on draft Code of Practice on electronic and workplace balloting: how will it work in practice?

28/11/2025 Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn

27/11/2025 University of Dundee bailout conditions restrict compulsory redundancies

27/11/2025 400 job losses at tool hire group as it pivots from general construction market | TheBusinessDesk.com

27/11/2025 NEU weighs up strike action over 'continued underfunding' | Tes

27/11/2025 Further BAE strikes at Lancashire sites in pay dispute

27/11/2025 Bank of England security strike off as workers accept 'excellent' deal

27/11/2025 Bassetlaw ICU nurses strike over fire and rehire contract changes

27/11/2025 Retail industry reacts to announcement of further National Living Wage increase

27/11/2025 Oil and gas sector warns it will be 'taxed to death' after Rachel Reeves extends windfall tax

27/11/2025 UK's largest timber firm axes 169 jobs and closes six sites in Scotland

27/11/2025 Millions face lower pensions after salary sacrifice changes

27/11/2025 UK boards now more forceful on CEO pay, LSE boss says

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