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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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12/05/2026 Equity members show solidarity for West End strike vote | Equity

12/05/2026 University of Nottingham ‘would run out of money’ by 2031 without further cuts

12/05/2026 GMB accuses Renfrewshire Council of squandering money fighting equal pay claims

12/05/2026 One in three practice nurses considering quitting in the next year

12/05/2026 Hitchin workers start two-week strike over pay

12/05/2026 Ballots to strike owing to pay and conditions open

12/05/2026 Cambridge University pay strikes by hundreds of staff escalate

12/05/2026 M&S to create 600 jobs at Staffordshire logistics hub | TheBusinessDesk.com

12/05/2026 Tube strike crisis talks set for this week as Sadiq Khan tells RMT to 'sort it out'

12/05/2026 Manufacturer Victrex to cut 10th of jobs after plunging to loss

11/05/2026 Equal pay claims ignore economic reality

11/05/2026 A third of charity communications staff are burnt out, report finds

11/05/2026 Pay transparency shapes employees’ job decisions - HR Magazine

11/05/2026 Recruitment firms set to sustain bonuses despite economic headwinds – REC | Onrec

11/05/2026 Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal con...

11/05/2026 Staff Benefits Index: Discounts and bonuses at the UK’s biggest ...

11/05/2026 Unite secures UK Nestle workers inflation beating pay rise

11/05/2026 Unions win planning time for sixth form teachers

11/05/2026 Britain an outsourcing ‘outlier’

11/05/2026 UK set to shed 163,000 jobs amid Iran war fallout – report

11/05/2026 Senior doctors across England to vote on strike action

11/05/2026 Teachers in England move towards striking over pay

11/05/2026 Major sportswear retailer announces closure of 24 stores across UK

11/05/2026 Glass industry warns 120,000 jobs at risk as levy drives investment overseas - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

11/05/2026 From fringe issue to the heart of politics: the UK Living Wage campaign marks 25 years of success | Heather Stewart

08/05/2026 Struggling to make ends meet? It could be affecting your job more than you think

08/05/2026 NHS Band 5 role review must be mirrored across ‘whole of nursing’

08/05/2026 Third of charity comms staff ‘burned out’ and seeking career change, survey finds

08/05/2026 One in five employers say they have no clear objectives for their employee benefits - HR News

08/05/2026 Civil servants ‘gaming flexi-time system’ to claim up to 50 days’ leave a year - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

08/05/2026 Another six days of teacher strikes planned at Buxton school over proposed ‘tragedy’ job cuts

08/05/2026 Private sector median pay award remains at 3.5%

08/05/2026 Nurses fight for band 7 status after missing out on £9,000 pay rise

08/05/2026 Staff to strike at UK’s biggest exam board

08/05/2026 Sheffield Hallam University staff 'prepared' to strike over cuts

08/05/2026 College staff strike again in ongoing dispute over pay

08/05/2026 University staff continue to strike for pay supplement

08/05/2026 Isle of Wight lifeboat-building site to close

08/05/2026 Delays to medicine packaging as Amcor workers strike

08/05/2026 Call for social care to be treated as 'national infrastructure'

07/05/2026 E.On enhances family-friendly benefits

07/05/2026 The Engineer's 2026 Salary survey reveals average annual pay increase for UK engineers - The Engineer

07/05/2026 Businesses cut jobs for 19 consecutive months yet ‘growth holds’

07/05/2026 Workers at major NI supermarket chain to get pay rise

07/05/2026 Private sector pay awards steady at 3% in quarter to March

07/05/2026 UK private sector pay awards held at 3.5% in 3 months to March, IDR survey shows

07/05/2026 Third of practice nurses go without pay rise for 2025/26

07/05/2026 “Angry and let down”: nurses respond to the annual pay rise

07/05/2026 Two Dorset schools staff strike over planned front line cuts

07/05/2026 Mining museum charity plans efficiency savings as long-running pay dispute ends

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