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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.

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Pay Benchmarker

Pay Benchmarker will help you to ensure you are paying the right level of salary necessary to recruit, retain and motivate staff in your sector and region. It brings together all of the data collected by IDR with user-friendly functionality.

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Pay Climate

Pay Climate provides the latest picture on pay awards across all sectors of the economy to enable pay practitioners to accurately assess the current climate on pay. Gain our insights on the key trends and developments in pay.

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14/05/2021 Journalism diversity slow to improve although industry numbers up

14/05/2021 Scottish nurses 'exhausted' and many thinking about quitting, finds survey | Nursing Times

14/05/2021 Will shareholders halt the inexorable rise of CEO pay? | The Economist

14/05/2021 Anger over bonus paid to RICS chief exec

14/05/2021 UK's O2 to pay staff bonus ahead of Virgin Media merger

14/05/2021 Consultation opens over future of NI's Agricultural Wages Board - Agriland.ie

14/05/2021 Airbus Broughton to furlough workers for a week in June - Business Live

14/05/2021 Lack of specialist labour ‘could hit delivery of major projects’ | Construction News

14/05/2021 ITV Meridian News: Mini employees in Oxford threatened with going without pay

14/05/2021 Unite union urges industry to tackle growing concerns over mental health | Motor Transport

14/05/2021 Hovis denies ‘unsustainable’ pay rise at Belfast factory

14/05/2021 Electric wheelchair warning as Dudley firm ballots for strike action

14/05/2021 Unite extends Thurrock waste collection strike - letsrecycle.com

14/05/2021 Andy Burnham reveals plans for GM to become UK’s first Living Wage City-Region | TheBusinessDesk.com

14/05/2021 Shift to working from home risks opening ‘new class divide’, TUC warns

14/05/2021 Chef secures pay rise for 300 staff after exposing London Living...

13/05/2021 LMCs demand annual reporting on sexism in BMA and action on gender pay gap

13/05/2021 Dads want more flexible working options to be ‘better dads’ - study

13/05/2021 Metro Bank faces investor anger over new chief's £500,000 bonus

13/05/2021 Women in creative industries paid £10k less than men – Major Players salary survey

13/05/2021 Scotland nurse pay offer: RCN rejects while other unions accept | Nursing Times

13/05/2021 Council service workers set for bank holiday strike action in pay dispute

13/05/2021 BMW plant in Cowley threatens workers to go without pay

13/05/2021 BT to spend £25 billion on speedy internet, creating 7000 jobs

13/05/2021 UK trade unions call on investors to tackle boardroom pay | Financial Times

13/05/2021 BBC Studios rolls out support for working parents - Employee Benefits

13/05/2021 Sovereign Housing Association 1.7% gender pay gap - Employee Benefits

13/05/2021 Savills and Cineworld shareholders revolt over executive pay | Savills | The Guardian

12/05/2021 Data shows rise in Whitehall employee engagement | PublicTechnology.net

12/05/2021 Experian embraces flexible working, and says ‘work your way’ to staff

12/05/2021 ‘More than a job’: the meal delivery co-ops making the gig economy fairer | Gig economy | The Guardian

12/05/2021 Former MP Sir Tony Baldry urges Banbury 300 to take coffee factory company to High Court over fire and rehire | Banbury Guardian

12/05/2021 Strike ballot planned at Nottingham firm which produces Boots products - Nottinghamshire Live

12/05/2021 Spain adopts landmark law to protect gig-economy workers

12/05/2021 McVitie’s proposal to close Glasgow factory puts hundreds of jobs at risk of redundancy

12/05/2021 Boris Johnson accused of backtracking on workers’ rights pledge | Queen's speech | The Guardian

11/05/2021 Norton Rose Fulbright nudges NQ solicitor pay to £85k following Covid cuts - Legal Cheek

11/05/2021 RICS boss in line to pick up £260,000 bumper bonus

11/05/2021 Workers put forward plan to keep threatened GKN site open | Express & Star

11/05/2021 Union steps in as £360m pension row at FirstGroup escalates - CityAM : CityAM

11/05/2021 Unite union claims strike action could cause bread shortages in NI

11/05/2021 UNISON introduces new mental health bargaining guide | Article, News | News | UNISON National

11/05/2021 Workers at whisky maker Chivas vote for strike action over pay

11/05/2021 Dixons Carphone announces 9% pay rise and investment in staff wellbeing

11/05/2021 Monzo offers staff leave for pregnancy loss and fertility treatment - Employee Benefits

11/05/2021 Provident Financial quits doorstep lending, threatening 2,100 jobs

11/05/2021 New campaign launched to improve working conditions for cleaners | Public and Commercial Services Union

11/05/2021 14 major UK employers join socially focused Purposeful Company scheme | Corporate governance | The Guardian

11/05/2021 British retailers say closures and job losses still a risk despite lockdown easing | Retail industry | The Guardian

10/05/2021 Office staff at major West Midland firms to start hybrid working | Express & Star

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