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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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20/04/2026 Insurance salary movements reveal sharp contrast

20/04/2026 Office visibility becomes ‘currency’ as in‑person staff reap higher pay and faster promotions

20/04/2026 Could US-style 1,000% bonuses be heading to the City?

20/04/2026 NEU members willing to take industrial action over pay and funding

20/04/2026 British Airways reports 41% mean ethnicity pay gap

20/04/2026 North Air workers driving more wage wins across Scottish airports

20/04/2026 London bus driver fatigue putting drivers and public at risk

20/04/2026 1,100 Unite members set to strike at five Scottish universities

20/04/2026 Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer

20/04/2026 The Original Factory Shop head office and all stores closed after administration

20/04/2026 Union pay demands could see Tube drivers paid more than surgeons

20/04/2026 Huge rise in workers tipping off HMRC about bosses underpaying staff

20/04/2026 GLL Gender Pay Report 2025 | GLL

20/04/2026 FTSE bosses receive 18% pay bump this year in global fight for talent

20/04/2026 Warburtons acquires Rathbones bakery site amidst £100m of investments

20/04/2026 Dozens of jobs at risk as De Montfort University partnership ends

20/04/2026 Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says

17/04/2026 Third of young people considering different jobs because of AI, research finds

17/04/2026 Durham and Darlington NHS Trust confirms 600 job losses

17/04/2026 Dozens of Oxfordshire delivery drivers face job losses

17/04/2026 Union action secures 3.5% pay rise for London Museum staff - Museums Association

17/04/2026 Tube and bus strikes set to bring four days of travel chaos next week

17/04/2026 Hybrid working more important than pay in competing for best ...

17/04/2026 London bus turmoil as TfL workers vote to strike over rota changes

17/04/2026 Inverness based Bear Scotland workers secure wage win

17/04/2026 Hundreds of Filton aerospace workers could strike at GKN over pay

17/04/2026 Strikes by ABM workers at Stansted Airport called off

17/04/2026 Dewsbury RXO warehouse workers ‘betrayed’ during site closure despite decades of service

17/04/2026 BMA staff announce fresh strike date

17/04/2026 TUC – 8 in 10 workers have experienced abuse at work in past year

17/04/2026 Urgent call to close dementia training gap

17/04/2026 EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale revealed

17/04/2026 Doctors in Wales enter formal dispute over pay and training freeze

17/04/2026 DHL staff at Solihull Jaguar Land Rover to strike indefinitely

17/04/2026 Hays cuts consultancy staff by 14% in tough recruitment market

16/04/2026 Spirit Energy staff told Aberdeen office faces closure with 100 jobs at risk

16/04/2026 More retirees turn to flexible jobs to stay afloat, survey says

16/04/2026 Financial services gender pay gap widens by more than 25% | Portfolio Adviser

16/04/2026 More men in senior roles leads to increase in Slough Council pay gap

16/04/2026 RMT members in Royal Fleet Auxiliary to go on strike

16/04/2026 London Met Strike Action - Workers Revolutionary Party

16/04/2026 Dartford bin workers vote for strike action

16/04/2026 Building an AI profession for everyone: diversity at the heart of the UK’s tech future

16/04/2026 Pay gap reporting: Extra measures

16/04/2026 Average marketing salaries dip in 2026

16/04/2026 Trade unions demand government delivers ‘biggest wave of insourcing’ in response to Capita scandal

16/04/2026 Uber must help UK drivers with fuel crisis

16/04/2026 Heysham Port owner set to provide free prostate cancer tests for all male staff

16/04/2026 UK economy beat expectations to grow by 0.5% in February

16/04/2026 Historic Royal Palaces accused of 'towering insult' over below-inflation pay offer

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