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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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26/03/2026 Gender pay gap at University narrows - University of Reading

26/03/2026 Minority women face highest workplace barriers, researchers find - HR Magazine

26/03/2026 Government commits to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers

26/03/2026 Low pay and pensions issues prompt further strikes at SOAS and Birkbeck | News, Press release | UNISON Greater London

26/03/2026 Government backs 3.5% pay rise for GPs in 2026/27

26/03/2026 PCS says “No” to Privatisation in HMRC

26/03/2026 PCS calls on government to scrap 60% office attendance as global tensions drive up costs

26/03/2026 Employers make ‘full and final’ pay offer

26/03/2026 Pay boost for Highlands and Islands airports workers

26/03/2026 Adura Energy pay deal for offshore workers

26/03/2026 Disruption to student buses as workers at Universitybus, University of Hertfordshire ballot for strikes

26/03/2026 Union recognition and pay deal delivered for Aberdeen airport cleaners

26/03/2026 NHS staff will question different pay rise rates, says UNISON - UNISON National

26/03/2026 Mileage rate review is long overdue, says UNISON - UNISON National

26/03/2026 Ballot for strike action opens at Glasgow Caledonian University

26/03/2026 Row deepens as Edinburgh University staff announce new strike dates

26/03/2026 Union chief accuses university of trying to 'blackmail' striking lecturers

26/03/2026 Doctors announce six-day strike in England as talks break down

26/03/2026 TfL boss 'horrified' at investigation into London bus driver conditions

26/03/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk as furniture firms collapse into administration | TheBusinessDesk.com

25/03/2026 New report reveals care workers delivering clinical tasks without pay, training or support

25/03/2026 Fair Work Agency Advisory Board appointed ahead of April launch

25/03/2026 Rest Day Pay Cut Is Unacceptable

25/03/2026 Architecture pay gaps widens in latest RIBA report

25/03/2026 More than 160 job losses confirmed at regional NHS commissioners

25/03/2026 Staff at four Lincolnshire primary schools strike over pay cut

25/03/2026 Asda raises hourly pay to £13.10 for store staff - Retail Gazette

25/03/2026 Prospect secures pay increases for workers in VMO2 and O2 Daisy

25/03/2026 Potential strikes could cause disruption at major airport

25/03/2026 Council employees’ pay offer announced

25/03/2026 Essex University staff back further strikes as union members vote for action

25/03/2026 Heriot-Watt staff strike in latest action to hit universities

25/03/2026 Celebrating union recognition at Transport for Wales (TfW)

25/03/2026 Cadent gas workers announce strike days

25/03/2026 Unite hits out at union busting management at iconic Manchester hotel

25/03/2026 Luton Arriva bus engineers strike vote over serious sexual harassment and assault issues

25/03/2026 Civil servants should be more involved in shaping AI adoption, report says

25/03/2026 Natural England staff secure pay deal worth 12% over two years

25/03/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk as BT confirms plans to close Sunderland EE call centre

24/03/2026 University of Leicester to cut film and modern languages courses

24/03/2026 Retail supplier Enterprise Foods goes into liquidation - Farmers Weekly

24/03/2026 Black Country manufacturing plant to close with the loss of 86 jobs

24/03/2026 UK construction company collapses into administration

24/03/2026 G4S closes Bootle depot putting 80 Jobs at risk

24/03/2026 Calls for more women in West Midlands to join security industry

24/03/2026 Social work pay: women earn less than men at all levels in children's services - Community Care

24/03/2026 Macmillan reports 17% pay gap in favour of women as bonus gap hits record low

24/03/2026 Pension Protection Fund reports 8.6% mean disability pay gap

24/03/2026 Over 300 schools to open nurseries in childcare cost drive

24/03/2026 Alcoholic drinks bottle shortages as Encirc Elton workers strike

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