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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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04/06/2026 The pay remit isn’t perfect – but within the framework we can still put money in officials’ pockets

04/06/2026 Redcar's Arriva bus depot at risk of closure 'devastating'

04/06/2026 Royal Museums Greenwich staff reject pay offer

04/06/2026 Staff at north London school strike over 'deeply punitive' fire and rehire 'plan'

04/06/2026 Strike threat as 'unacceptable' delays to equal pay

04/06/2026 Government consult on zero hours & flexible working - IER

04/06/2026 Trade bodies urge industry to respond to Guaranteed Hours consultation | Recruiter

04/06/2026 Menopause is already on your agenda, whether you have acknowledged it or not | HR Operations | HR Grapevine | Insight

04/06/2026 Two-thirds of councils facing a live equal pay risk

04/06/2026 Asda set to axe 1,000 jobs as supermarket expands use of robots in warehouses | ITV News

04/06/2026 TfL confirms surprising number of Tube drivers who turned up despite strike

04/06/2026 UK government urges companies to share data about AI effects on workforce

04/06/2026 Electrical firm Hughes to shut eight stores across East Anglia

04/06/2026 City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut hundreds of jobs

03/06/2026 ‘Careers are going up in flames’: inside the University of Nottingham’s cuts crisis

03/06/2026 Unite members at Barclays vote to accept sector-leading pay deal

03/06/2026 Brighton's Royal Pavilion trust denies GMB Union bankruptcy claim

03/06/2026 Teacher retention payments: all you need to know | Tes

03/06/2026 M&S CEO pay drops to £4m after bonus cut

03/06/2026 More strikes set for England's largest exam board

03/06/2026 Staff go on strike at schools across Derbyshire amid ongoing dispute over proposed restructure

03/06/2026 Tube strike: Acas talks raise hope of deal after RMT boss 'tells' drivers not to work

03/06/2026 School staff strike over pay, hours and safety

03/06/2026 UK's top modern university hit by three day strike amid plans to cut 100 jobs

03/06/2026 Cabinet Office apologises for Capita's continuing poor service

03/06/2026 UKRI Hybrid Working Policy: PCS response and what comes next

03/06/2026 UKHospitality urges government to avoid ‘over-regulating flexible work’

03/06/2026 Staffordshire PCSOs vote for strike action over shift changes A Little Bit of Stone

03/06/2026 Several UK universities nearly ran out of cash last year, says report

03/06/2026 Information watchdog to publish guidance for councils on procuring AI

03/06/2026 Bilfinger offshore workers to strike over pay

03/06/2026 ‘Enough is enough’: NI teachers unions to ballot on industrial action amid ongoing workload anger

03/06/2026 Timpson introduces mental health support for employees

03/06/2026 TG Jones owner Modella puts jobs at risk in shoe retailer overhaul

03/06/2026 Three quarters of workers not on track for 'moderate' pension income, report suggests

03/06/2026 Will the AI economy create a permanent underclass?

03/06/2026 Debt-ridden graduates seen as ‘cash cows’ to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told

03/06/2026 Zero-hours contracts: ministers’ detailed plans for UK ban criticised by firms and unions

02/06/2026 BBC News: 'More sign up' after union open Coventry council equal pay claims - BBC News

02/06/2026 ILO moves to set binding global standards for gig economy workers

02/06/2026 Fresh equal pay headache for Coventry council

02/06/2026 Major Welsh employer quietly drops living wage commitment

02/06/2026 RFA officers to strike for 24 hours in pay dispute escalation

02/06/2026 46% of employers do not publish their ethnicity pay gap data

02/06/2026 More than half of GPNs report working while feeling mentally unwell, finds survey

02/06/2026 Neo Next offshore workers to be balloted on strike action

02/06/2026 Law Society of Scotland increases pay for trainee solicitors for 2026/27

02/06/2026 Student loan inquiry begins as a third of people say university degree not worth it

02/06/2026 'Confused' AI strategy hurts firms and baffles staff

01/06/2026 Cramlington medicine packaging workers extend strike action

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