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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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22/04/2026 Council female staff earn £1.27 less per hour than men

22/04/2026 UK IT sector gender pay gap widens to a nine-year high – report

22/04/2026 Savills narrows gender pay gap as female representation edges up - Property Industry Eye

22/04/2026 Junior doctors’ leader backed pay deal days before BMA called strike

22/04/2026 University of Cambridge staff strike for cost of living 'weighting'

22/04/2026 Selfridges Boosts Pay for Shop Floor Workers - TheIndustry.fashion

22/04/2026 Analysts respond to data showing huge decline in retail jobs

22/04/2026 Morrisons agrees staff pay rise with shopworkers union

22/04/2026 Doctors to be balloted on industrial action | ITV News

22/04/2026 Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI

22/04/2026 UK inflation rises after Iran war pushes up fuel prices

21/04/2026 PCS FCDO Industrial action ballot result

21/04/2026 London Underground strikes to begin at midday

21/04/2026 Mental health staff to strike for three weeks from today over pay dispute

21/04/2026 BMA staff 'won't back down' as further strike dates and picket lines announced

21/04/2026 Selfridges boosts pay for shop floor workers

21/04/2026 Melville receives national recognition for four-day week

21/04/2026 Gender pay gap more than doubles at Zaha Hadid Architects

21/04/2026 DHL workers vote in favour of strike at JLR Solihull in pay dispute

21/04/2026 Union criticises logistics firm over plan to close Dewsbury warehouse, with loss of 70 jobs

21/04/2026 Glasgow university staff set to join 24-hour strike in escalating row over pay

21/04/2026 Luton Arriva bus engineers strike over serious sexual harassment and assault issues

21/04/2026 Over 500 Cambridge University staff strike over pay

21/04/2026 Over 500 firefighter jobs could be lost as SNP blasted over funding plan

21/04/2026 UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9%

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

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