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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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09/09/2026 How to get over-50s back into work

09/09/2026 ‘Everything is against us’: Jaguar Land Rover suppliers voice fears amid carmaker’s cutbacks

09/09/2026 Stoke-on-Trent based bet365 announces plans for 340 job losses

09/09/2026 Quarter of schools cannot afford teacher pay rise, union warns

09/09/2026 BBC Improved Staff Pay Offer Rejected As Potential Strike Action Looms

09/09/2026 Junior staff paid £650 more than new starters, data suggests - HR Magazine

09/09/2026 Supportive first jobs linked to higher earnings later in career, survey shows

09/09/2026 Ulster University redundancy plans offers no assurance to workforce, Unite

09/09/2026 UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

09/09/2026 Yes, cut red tape. But shareholder votes on boardroom pay are not ‘pointless admin’

09/09/2026 How can employers support staff affected by domestic abuse?

09/09/2026 Night-time economy warns Healey against further tax rises after growth speech - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

09/09/2026 Calls for nursery staff pay boost over fear workers will be lost to the public sector

09/09/2026 UK poaches Canada’s chief statistician

09/09/2026 Jobs to go at Bristol Old Vic as staff costs are cut

09/09/2026 Charity calls for new strategy to support care leaver workforce

09/09/2026 Channel 4 to cut 300 jobs in major broadcaster shake-up

09/09/2026 Hundreds of low-paid London NHS workers to strike

09/09/2026 Unite cooks up new pay deal for Tunnock’s factory workers

09/09/2026 Scarborough Alexander Dennis strikes delaying delivery of 200 new Liverpool buses

09/09/2026 McLaren to create 1,000 UK jobs in product overhaul

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

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