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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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13/04/2026 UBS taps Citigroup’s Singla to lead fintech investment banking

13/04/2026 IT is the best choice for remote roles and offers the highest salaries, study reveals - HR News

13/04/2026 The Right to Try is a step forward for disabled people but it won’t succeed in isolation - Lancaster University

13/04/2026 UK workers value flexibility over pay from their early thirties - HR News

13/04/2026 Wes Streeting denies changing pay deal for resident doctors

13/04/2026 Share your views on mileage - UNISON National

13/04/2026 Doctors’ leader claims new reduced pay offer killed chances of ending strikes in England

13/04/2026 Can the BMA feasibly still claim junior doctors are underpaid?

13/04/2026 Ofgem members vote to renew strike mandate

13/04/2026 Thurrock Council caretakers protest over 'disrespectful' downgrading plans

13/04/2026 Fresh East London bus disruption as Bow bus garage strikes escalate

13/04/2026 April flight delays at Stansted as ABM workers vote to strike

13/04/2026 Police staff pay claim 2026 - UNISON National

13/04/2026 UK Treasury to profit from final year of controversial student loan scheme, says analysis

13/04/2026 UK households’ living standards to fall after energy price shock

13/04/2026 161,000 graduates to be dragged into paying student loan 'stealth tax'

13/04/2026 Thousands of NHS staff face job cuts across England amid funding crisis

12/04/2026 Remote working tribunal cases in Great Britain fall for first time since Covid

10/04/2026 35% of employers will review proposed salary sacrifice changes ...

10/04/2026 Skyscanner reports 9.5% mean gender pay gap for 2025

10/04/2026 Below-Inflation Pay Proposal Is ‘Insulting’

10/04/2026 UK’s public sector outsourcing reforms force rethink of bids and workforce models

10/04/2026 TfL confirms the extent of passenger disruption caused by Tube strikes

10/04/2026 Both doctors and the government are handling this strike badly – that’s why there is no end in sight | Polly Toynbee

10/04/2026 Impact of revised minimum wage rates in the DWP

10/04/2026 Unite secures recognition with North Sea operator Apache

10/04/2026 New 4-day working week rule for 252 companies in UK - full list

10/04/2026 Lidl to open 50 UK stores in year ahead – and its first pub

09/04/2026 Almost everyone got a 2025 bonus at Stripe in London. Almost no one got a bonus at Starling Bank

09/04/2026 Digital investment could ‘relieve need for university job cuts’

09/04/2026 Fully-paid maternity leave should be increased to 26 weeks, say NASUWT - IER

09/04/2026 Barrhead firm among first in Scotland to gain flexible workplace accreditation

09/04/2026 Boots confirms pay rise for trainee pharmacists

09/04/2026 Hachette UK reports 15.1% mean ethnicity pay gap

09/04/2026 Industrial Action Ballot Opens At Crane Building Services - Manufacturing Management

09/04/2026 Asda leads the way on closing hourly gender pay gap

09/04/2026 Sourcing qualified talent top hiring challenge for UK employers, survey finds

09/04/2026 Doncaster bus drivers to increase strike action

09/04/2026 BDO axes 31 partner roles as AI pressure grows and profits fall

09/04/2026 Unison proposes adult social care pension scheme

09/04/2026 Think tank warns of Section 114 notices risk in Wales

09/04/2026 Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks

09/04/2026 Care England issues caution as council care spending falls further below the cost of delivery

09/04/2026 ONS members win breakthrough on office attendance rules

09/04/2026 Ministers unveil ‘right to try’ plan to help disabled people find work

09/04/2026 John Lewis boss’s pay rises to £1.2m as retailer cuts 3,300 jobs

09/04/2026 Retail workers call for more security after Waitrose sacking for tackling shoplifter

08/04/2026 Unions prepare for UK public sector pay push as inflation bites

08/04/2026 British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay

08/04/2026 Women working from home or on reduced hours at greater risk of damaging their career - Workplace Insight

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