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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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News

12/01/2026 Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike

12/01/2026 Russell Group vice-chancellor salaries rise as 7,000 job losses confirmed

12/01/2026 Wakefield mining museum workers' strike extended into summer

12/01/2026 West Yorkshire Combined Authority workers to strike next week | UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside

12/01/2026 UK employers report weaker hiring but stronger pay growth in December

12/01/2026 Transport for London awards new cleaning contract to Mitie | RailBusinessDaily

12/01/2026 Over 100 mental health workers to strike over pay

12/01/2026 Usdaw to call another day of action in a ‘fire and rehire’ dispute at Tetrosyl - IER

12/01/2026 Further pay deals made ahead of teacher strike next week

12/01/2026 Durham University staff to vote on strike action over workload

12/01/2026 Forestry Commission members support a shorter working week

12/01/2026 Staff at Glasgow firm to walk out in week long strike amid pay dispute

12/01/2026 Care sector may become ‘irreparably broken’ without more support, union says

12/01/2026 No balls please! Tennis ball and snooker cloth makers go on strike over pay

12/01/2026 Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal

12/01/2026 Lecturers at Edinburgh Napier University back strike action over ‘damaging’ cuts

12/01/2026 College staff in England prepare for strike action over pay

12/01/2026 200 jobs at risk as airline eyes Manchester Airport base closure

12/01/2026 3,000 jobs at risk unless MoD signs helicopter order, sources say

12/01/2026 Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour

09/01/2026 Phlebotomists at East London trust win pay rise and backpay deal

09/01/2026 Mental health charity staff to strike over pay - UNISON South West

09/01/2026 NEU boss: Union could strike over teachers' directed time | Tes

09/01/2026 Starmer accused of delaying ethnic pay gap law because of fears of Farage backlash

09/01/2026 UK salary increase budgets for 2026 stand at 3.6%

09/01/2026 Is the era of rapid increases in the minimum wage over? - Lancaster University

09/01/2026 Workers call for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting by year end

09/01/2026 Outsourced workers protest over pay and working conditions

09/01/2026 West Dunbartonshire school staff to be balloted on strike action

09/01/2026 Strike ballot looms at Durham University over workloads and job insecurity

09/01/2026 Civil Service Pension Scheme Concerns

09/01/2026 “Working under blankets and in outdoor coats”

09/01/2026 INVISTA factory closure plan could lead to 125 jobs losses

09/01/2026 Unite challenges Tesco over profits and executive pay

09/01/2026 Disruption to Leeds council transport services as workers strike over safety fears

09/01/2026 Certas fuel tanker driver strikes off after improved offer accepted

09/01/2026 LGA consults staff on major shake up

08/01/2026 Divorced UK women face 61% pension gap

08/01/2026 HR predictions for 2026: pay transparency, poverty and wellbeing - HR Magazine

08/01/2026 ‘Microshifting’: the future of flexible work or a sign of burnout?

08/01/2026 Pensions UK issues ‘wake-up call’ research on salary sacrifice

08/01/2026 RMT puts Network Rail pay offer to referendum

08/01/2026 Department of Work and Pensions 'running scared' of strike ballot - IER

08/01/2026 Birmingham bin workers 'determined' to continue striking

08/01/2026 Pay rise unsatisfactory for Cambridge bus staff, says union

08/01/2026 Sodexo workers at Sullom Voe terminal strike

08/01/2026 St Enoch VUE cinema workers continue strikes as dispute intensifies

08/01/2026 McDonald's sexual abuse: Government offers to intervene in row with unions

08/01/2026 Labour workers’ rights concessions to cut cost to business by billions, analysis shows

08/01/2026 UK construction hit by worst run since global financial crisis

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