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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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15/07/2026 Welsh council chiefs welcome teacher pay consultation plan

15/07/2026 Employers defend pay stance

15/07/2026 Health board boss receives £30,000 wage increase amid strike over pay

15/07/2026 69% of employers offer bereavement support that goes above the statutory requirements

15/07/2026 Parfetts rewards employees with 4% bonus

15/07/2026 Liverpool set to lose 600 jobs as BT plans to close city centre office

14/07/2026 Fathers want to work from home, but workplace culture still has to catch up

14/07/2026 “Summer juggle” dents parents’ careers, poll suggests - HR Magazine

14/07/2026 Rise in charity jobs paying below real living wage - TFN

14/07/2026 Burberry faces revolt over £4m boss bonus package

14/07/2026 Cambridge Marshall Aerospace engineers ballot for strike action over pay

14/07/2026 Ealing Council wins national award for Living Wage campaign - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.

14/07/2026 Unions stand together to demand NHS fair pay becomes a reality | News | Royal College of Nursing

14/07/2026 Thousands of CSP members tell government: 3.3 per cent is not enough

14/07/2026 Teacher pay: unions to survey members on industrial action | Tes

14/07/2026 Andy Burnham tells Labour MPs he will rein in Britain’s outsourcing industry

14/07/2026 Strike averted: West End pay deal agreed by Society of London Theatre and Equity

14/07/2026 Scarborough bus factory workers to strike for second time in weeks

14/07/2026 Teacher pay increase deemed 'unaffordable' as unions round on Welsh Government

14/07/2026 Construction Industry Joint Council confirms new minimum pay rates for construction industry

14/07/2026 Major chemical plant proposes closure | ITV News

14/07/2026 Asda job cuts branded 'shambolic' as hundreds of security roles at risk

13/07/2026 FCA CEO’s pay and pension package rises to £559,000

13/07/2026 FCA narrows gender and disability pay gaps but ethnicity gap remains stubborn

13/07/2026 Higher pay rises agreed at universities outside national award

13/07/2026 Staff strike at High Wycombe school over 15-minute break cut

13/07/2026 CAF Rail strike to hit Transport for Wales maintenance as pay dispute escalates

13/07/2026 Travel & Expenses Review

13/07/2026 Members at National Library of Wales vote for strike action

13/07/2026 Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal

13/07/2026 Cancer researchers in London missing meals and struggling with bills due to low pay

13/07/2026 Unwell employees getting 19.5 weeks’ full pay, finds research

13/07/2026 Unwell staff typically eligible for up to 19.5 weeks’ sick pay

13/07/2026 Burnham urged to scrap national insurance hike amid claims it has ‘destroyed jobs’

13/07/2026 Union sets strike dates in FCDO jobs dispute

13/07/2026 Government launches holiday pay consultation

13/07/2026 AI hiring surge drives City push to close insurance skills gap

13/07/2026 Insurance company announce 40 jobs at risk due to 'restructuring'

10/07/2026 Questions over the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body | Tes

10/07/2026 This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee

10/07/2026 ASCL seeks written pact with NEU as industrial action rises | Tes

10/07/2026 Merseyrail staff vote to strike during Open Championship amid row over pay

10/07/2026 Bridget Phillipson: Support body will end staff pay inequality | Tes

10/07/2026 Staff at Belfast aerospace firm Short Brothers accept 4pc pay hike, with same again in 2027

10/07/2026 Haldane Fisher: Fifth week of strike action at builders' merchant

10/07/2026 Manchester Kimpton Clocktower strikes over union busting to escalate

10/07/2026 Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI

10/07/2026 Median pay increase across economy holds at 3.5%

10/07/2026 Capita expects to lose up to £40m over pension scheme fiasco

09/07/2026 PCS FCDO members set for Strike Action

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