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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23/02/2026 Imperial College London gets maths wrong over pay offer - Research Professional News

23/02/2026 High tax rates overshadow bonus season in the City

23/02/2026 MLA pay: 'Understandable anger' over £14,000 rise, says O'Neill

23/02/2026 Fair Gig Work Scotland research guides UK parliament on road safety

23/02/2026 The gender wage gap and what firms have to do with it

23/02/2026 Decline in remote jobs could undermine Government plans to get Britain working, research warns - Lancaster University

23/02/2026 Bosses could be forced by law to let employees work from home

23/02/2026 Share of UK companies with low productivity higher than in 1997

23/02/2026 Napier university lecturers walk out in row over job losses

23/02/2026 Pharmacies face April financial cliff edge without urgent action - NPA warns | National Pharmacy Association

23/02/2026 Midwifery graduate survey shows one in three haven’t secured a job - Royal College of Midwives

23/02/2026 UK job vacancies ‘fall to lowest level since pandemic’

20/02/2026 EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University eyes further 180 full-time job losses in new voluntary severance scheme

20/02/2026 Maternity pay for teachers in England to rise from 2027-28

20/02/2026 Stormont: Assembly members set to see £14,000 pay rise from April

20/02/2026 Council closed gender pay gap by cutting jobs occupied by low paid women

20/02/2026 Piccadilly line fleet strike action

20/02/2026 Truro and Penwith College tutors set to strike over pay

20/02/2026 Palace of Westminster Security Officers to be balloted to renew strike mandate

20/02/2026 ‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question

20/02/2026 Dundee Uni reopens voluntary redundancies in bid to cut further 180 roles

20/02/2026 Northern Ireland’s pay gap with Britain and the Republic is at a record low – official figures show

20/02/2026 BRC survey reveals UK retailers’ labour cost fears | Retail Bulletin

20/02/2026 Costa Coffee to give 4.1% pay rise to staff

20/02/2026 Colleges boss claims union disputes have been marred by 'aggression and disrespect'

20/02/2026 Fresh Overground strikes to hit London commuters – here are the dates

20/02/2026 100 jobs at risk at Wednesbury manufacturing business

20/02/2026 Leading Scottish rocket company enters administration with '150 jobs lost'

20/02/2026 UK manufacturing still beset by low orders and price pressure, says CBI

19/02/2026 Scottish civil servants ‘rarely’ in office - HR Magazine

19/02/2026 How childcare problems are holding back the GP workforce

19/02/2026 TUC: Gender pay gap means women effectively work for free for 47 days a year - IER

19/02/2026 London jobs crisis: Women worst hit by unemployment jump with 51,000 more out of work

19/02/2026 Social work pay down in real terms over past decade in adults' services - Community Care

19/02/2026 Leeds Hospitals theatre staff walk out over pay disparity

19/02/2026 STV could face further strikes as unions to ballot over pay freeze

19/02/2026 MOPAC members to strike for three more days

19/02/2026 Defence giant BAE hails record sales as workers remain on strike

19/02/2026 UK Marine Industry Salaries Not Keeping Up

19/02/2026 Social work leaders launch petition on settlement plans

19/02/2026 More than 150 jobs lost as East Yorkshire maker collapses into administration

19/02/2026 Work week cut at North Yorkshire company - and pay stays the same

19/02/2026 'Deeply concerning': Hundreds of jobs at risk as butcher announces closure

19/02/2026 100 jobs at risk as consultation begins at manufacturing site | TheBusinessDesk.com

19/02/2026 ATS Euromaster to close with more than 700 job losses

19/02/2026 Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns

19/02/2026 Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs

18/02/2026 RFA seafarers back strike action

18/02/2026 Union ballots members over DfE office-closure plans

18/02/2026 Strike action to resume at Glasgow cinema in fight over pay and conditions

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