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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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24/04/2026 UCU accuses LSE of being ‘evasive’ as redundancies planned

24/04/2026 Costa Coffee's new UK rule of £13.12 this April

24/04/2026 Workstyle Revolution launches new long-term research project - HR Magazine

24/04/2026 Cambridgeshire election candidates clash over four-day week policy

24/04/2026 Birmingham council faces shock new strike threat over equal pay

24/04/2026 Valve-manufacturer workers vote to strike over pay

24/04/2026 Chichester University workers could strike over pension block

24/04/2026 Arriva bus engineers in Luton announce strike dates

24/04/2026 UK consumer confidence falls to lowest level in more than two years

24/04/2026 KPMG and EY demote partners in end of job-for-life model

24/04/2026 Black and ethnic minority staff facing ‘appalling’ levels of racism in the workplace

24/04/2026 Nearly 300 workers made redundant after Welsh furniture firm collapses

24/04/2026 Nestlé reportedly set to cut hundreds of UK jobs

24/04/2026 Major Chelmsford manufacturing site set to close with huge job losses planned

24/04/2026 Staffordshire PCSOs to be balloted on strike action by Unison

24/04/2026 Unite officials vote overwhelmingly to strike against their own union | ITV News

24/04/2026 Fire and re-hire strike plan put on hold

24/04/2026 Strikes restart at Stansted Airport as ABM workers reject pay offer

24/04/2026 Nearly 50 more workers made redundant at major Midlands manufacturing firm

24/04/2026 Major UK car dealership set close tomorrow putting 500 jobs at risk

24/04/2026 Equality watchdog says work 'ongoing' with McDonald's on sexual harassment prevention

23/04/2026 Fair Reward Framework: A three-year review of the findings - High Pay Centre

23/04/2026 One in eight mothers quit jobs as parenthood impacts career, survey finds

23/04/2026 Over 1,000 UK university job losses announced since January - Research Professional News

23/04/2026 Magee: Union says job cuts raise 'serious questions' over expansion

23/04/2026 Fewer retailers paying above the minimum wage than last year

23/04/2026 STV staff will strike during elections amid ongoing pay dispute

23/04/2026 Unison cancels three-week strike after pay agreement

23/04/2026 All-white agency boards – have things changed?

23/04/2026 Capita loses Royal Mail pension scheme contract after failures

23/04/2026 Major children’s charity accused of attempting to ‘derecognise’ union

23/04/2026 Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS pathology privatisation concerns mount as outsourcing scandal grows

23/04/2026 NHS pay structure overhaul can’t come soon enough - UNISON National

23/04/2026 Almost 4 in 10 leaders expect school to cut SEND support

23/04/2026 All jobs lost as 160-year-old Scottish joinery firm collapses into liquidation

23/04/2026 Potential strike action as QMU staff fight proposed job cuts

23/04/2026 Bin strike avoided as workers 'overwhelmingly' accept pay rise

23/04/2026 More than 70 jobs at risk as Co-op to shut Scottish coffin factory

23/04/2026 ‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit

22/04/2026 Council female staff earn £1.27 less per hour than men

22/04/2026 UK IT sector gender pay gap widens to a nine-year high – report

22/04/2026 Savills narrows gender pay gap as female representation edges up - Property Industry Eye

22/04/2026 Junior doctors’ leader backed pay deal days before BMA called strike

22/04/2026 University of Cambridge staff strike for cost of living 'weighting'

22/04/2026 Selfridges Boosts Pay for Shop Floor Workers - TheIndustry.fashion

22/04/2026 Analysts respond to data showing huge decline in retail jobs

22/04/2026 Morrisons agrees staff pay rise with shopworkers union

22/04/2026 Doctors to be balloted on industrial action | ITV News

22/04/2026 Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI

22/04/2026 UK inflation rises after Iran war pushes up fuel prices

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