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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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13/07/2026 FCA CEO’s pay and pension package rises to £559,000

13/07/2026 FCA narrows gender and disability pay gaps but ethnicity gap remains stubborn

13/07/2026 Higher pay rises agreed at universities outside national award

13/07/2026 Staff strike at High Wycombe school over 15-minute break cut

13/07/2026 CAF Rail strike to hit Transport for Wales maintenance as pay dispute escalates

13/07/2026 Travel & Expenses Review

13/07/2026 Members at National Library of Wales vote for strike action

13/07/2026 Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal

13/07/2026 Cancer researchers in London missing meals and struggling with bills due to low pay

13/07/2026 Unwell employees getting 19.5 weeks’ full pay, finds research

13/07/2026 Unwell staff typically eligible for up to 19.5 weeks’ sick pay

13/07/2026 Burnham urged to scrap national insurance hike amid claims it has ‘destroyed jobs’

13/07/2026 Union sets strike dates in FCDO jobs dispute

13/07/2026 Government launches holiday pay consultation

13/07/2026 AI hiring surge drives City push to close insurance skills gap

13/07/2026 Insurance company announce 40 jobs at risk due to 'restructuring'

10/07/2026 Questions over the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body | Tes

10/07/2026 This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee

10/07/2026 ASCL seeks written pact with NEU as industrial action rises | Tes

10/07/2026 Merseyrail staff vote to strike during Open Championship amid row over pay

10/07/2026 Bridget Phillipson: Support body will end staff pay inequality | Tes

10/07/2026 Staff at Belfast aerospace firm Short Brothers accept 4pc pay hike, with same again in 2027

10/07/2026 Haldane Fisher: Fifth week of strike action at builders' merchant

10/07/2026 Manchester Kimpton Clocktower strikes over union busting to escalate

10/07/2026 Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI

10/07/2026 Median pay increase across economy holds at 3.5%

10/07/2026 Capita expects to lose up to £40m over pension scheme fiasco

09/07/2026 PCS FCDO members set for Strike Action

09/07/2026 Union strike threat over proposed University of Lincoln job cuts

09/07/2026 Local government pay: UNISON opens strike ballot on 2026-27 offer - Community Care

09/07/2026 Social care workforce survey reveals ups and downs in quality of life

09/07/2026 UK pay awards hold at 3.5% in three months to May, IDR survey shows

09/07/2026 Unite secures union recognition at Milk & More

09/07/2026 Oil workers set to strike after 'pitiful' pay offer from largest North Sea firm

09/07/2026 Northumbria University staff 'outraged' at job cuts after pension row strikes

09/07/2026 50% of UK employers consider electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes to be in top three employee benefits

08/07/2026 More than 50 Post Office branches to shut due to Morrisons Daily closures

08/07/2026 Just seven Top 150 agencies offer equal parental leave – which offers the most?

08/07/2026 Strike to cause disruption to West Midlands Railway services

08/07/2026 Minister says Capita was “completely unprepared” for civil service pensions contract

08/07/2026 Almost half coastguards forced to reduce hours over cuts

08/07/2026 Flexibility almost as important as salary for charity jobseekers, survey finds

08/07/2026 employees value autonomy over workplace technology

08/07/2026 Unite joins AQA strikes as staff ‘struggle to afford basics'

08/07/2026 UK jobs market downturn eases as pay pressure pick up, survey shows

08/07/2026 Over half of council workers say they do not have enough staff

08/07/2026 Dudley factory workers stage third walkout over production target dispute

08/07/2026 Strike action resumes at Net-A-Porter after 'unrealistic' pay offer rejected

08/07/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk in John Lewis' gift wrapping and money exchange services

08/07/2026 Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds

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