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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08/09/2026 Median pay award across economy falls to 3.3%

08/09/2026 32% of pay rises worth 4% or more, IDR finds - Workplace Journal

08/09/2026 DS Smith Kemsley to shut one paper machine, invest in another, with job losses expected

08/09/2026 RCN investigating whether practice nurses have received 2026/27 pay rise

08/09/2026 Agency bosses’ pay revealed in annual Campaign Salary Survey

08/09/2026 Fridge Raiders: Pilgrim's workers have 'no choice' but to strike over pay

08/09/2026 MPs' Staff "Struggling To Survive" With "Stagnating" Pay, Union Warns

08/09/2026 Tube strike fears as RMT sets deadline to London transport chiefs on 4-day week row

08/09/2026 Industrial action ballot a possibility if Capita TVL “refuses to budge” over poor pay offer

08/09/2026 Greater Manchester hospital staff strike again over overtime

08/09/2026 Arriva North London drivers win ground breaking “hot bus” victory

08/09/2026 Global guidance published to support employees experiencing menstruation and menopause

08/09/2026 Waitrose and John Lewis to create 10,000 jobs for Christmas and Black Friday

08/09/2026 Next wins key appeal to overturn £30m equal pay ruling

08/09/2026 'I performed on stage to get my first job' - the firms turning recruitment into competitions

08/09/2026 UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for young people out of work

07/09/2026 The seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay rises

07/09/2026 Food delivery riders call on platforms to open up AI ‘black box’ they say has cut pay

07/09/2026 Birmingham bin strike deal could be signed within weeks, council leader says

07/09/2026 Thurrock Council caretakers in strike vote

07/09/2026 PCS to consult members on strike ballot over pay and conditions

07/09/2026 Neurodivergent workers face careers lottery as inconsistent support restricts potential - HR News

07/09/2026 Bedford Movianto NHS warehouse strikes suspended

07/09/2026 Bilfinger introduces health and nutrition support for UK offshore workforce

07/09/2026 Kellogg's ends production at iconic cereal factory as 300 jobs lost

07/09/2026 'Staff wearing black trousers issue' led to Bradford firm failing to pay minimum wage

07/09/2026 Inside John Lewis’s secret turnaround plan

07/09/2026 UK hiring picks up in latest hint of improving economic confidence

07/09/2026 Concerns raised over ‘tick-box’ staff training as UK employers choose short online courses

07/09/2026 Jaguar Land Rover boss to meet minister as thousands of job cuts expected

04/09/2026 ‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty

04/09/2026 Major children’s charity drops Living Wage due to ‘affordability pressures’

04/09/2026 Care sector firms feature prominently in Government's minimum wage breach list

04/09/2026 Unions urge Stormont to agree fair budget or face more industrial action

04/09/2026 Wrexham Council strike ballot fell short of turnout threshold but 87% of voters backed action, union says

04/09/2026 NHS lorry drivers supplying hospitals ballot for strikes over pay

04/09/2026 Workers at Leicester aerospace company SPS Technologies Ltd to walk out indefinitely over pay

04/09/2026 The university degree is losing its lustre

04/09/2026 Glasgow council under pressure to deliver new pay structure

04/09/2026 Zero-hours reforms could cost employers up to £2.9bn a year, analysis finds

04/09/2026 HR co-ordinator with ADHD wins £200k after tribunal finds she was deliberately undermined

04/09/2026 John Lewis boss ‘optimistic’ for Christmas despite ‘perma crisis externally’

04/09/2026 Paddy Power to close up to 100 betting shops in another bitter blow to racing's finances as budgets tax rises bite

04/09/2026 More join British Armed Forces than leave for full year

03/09/2026 Gender Pension Gap: retired women effectively go 4 months a year without a pension - IER

03/09/2026 Glasgow council in 'critical condition' with £110m budget gap, homelessness crisis and equal pay row

03/09/2026 Morrisons puts 80 more jobs at risk in latest restructure

03/09/2026 The Boar

03/09/2026 6.3 million workers in insecure jobs with short notice of shifts and cancellations costing some £500 a month

03/09/2026 When is an economist not an economist?

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