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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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13/05/2026 Almost 200 staff leave leading Scottish modern university after job cuts threatened

13/05/2026 Hands off our rest days: Nottinghamshire officers owed almost 8,000 days off

13/05/2026 Working long hours increases obesity risk, study suggests - HR Magazine

13/05/2026 IFAs warn gender pension gap goes beyond an investment problem

13/05/2026 Where AI pay is heating up in 2026: Global shifts and emerging markets

13/05/2026 Assessing the government’s reform to the National Insurance treatment of salary sacrifice pension contributions | Institute for Fiscal Studies

13/05/2026 Livv loses bid to strike out union claim over CEO blog post pay offer

13/05/2026 Futamura Cumbria packaging site workers vote to strike - Printweek

13/05/2026 FCDO2030 update

13/05/2026 Performance pay, OEF and specialist allowances

13/05/2026 Encirc Elton industrial action ended as workers accept safety improvements

13/05/2026 Unite saves jobs for Heathrow catering workers left in limbo by 'disgraceful' employers

13/05/2026 Stansted Airport strikes ended as ABM workers accept better pay deal

13/05/2026 Call for investment in MSI teachers following ‘critical shortage’ across councils

13/05/2026 Anger and fear as hundreds of student nurses face qualifying with no jobs

13/05/2026 POA launches ‘war against the government’ over right to strike

13/05/2026 Nearly 70 jobs at risk as 56-year-old factory faces closure amid move talks

13/05/2026 BBC staff fear meagre pay rise after bosses forgo own increase

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%

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