IDR is an independent research organisation specialising in the pay and employment field

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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28/04/2025 Pay work coaches properly and give them time to do their jobs, MPs hear

28/04/2025 'Nursery costs more than my salary' Parenting in Wales, where childcare is highest in UK | Wales Online

28/04/2025 Wates reports progress on inclusion and diversity - Construction Management

28/04/2025 Lashing out at staff is bad for business

28/04/2025 Midlands has lost 140,000 council workers since 2012, according to recent study

28/04/2025 Roedean staff to strike for first time in 140 years

28/04/2025 Hundreds of University of Dundee staff back strike action over threat to jobs

28/04/2025 The Original Factory Shop puts 1,000 jobs at risk under survival plan - Retail Gazette

28/04/2025 DWF launches redundancy consultation - more than 100 jobs at risk

25/04/2025 Sainsbury’s reports 7.5% mean gender pay gap

25/04/2025 Uni’s gender pay gap widens to 13%

25/04/2025 Employment Rights Bill will help tackle income inequality - High Pay Centre

25/04/2025 Firefighters recommended to accept 3.2% pay rise

25/04/2025 FCDO security staff get up to 13% pay rise

25/04/2025 Pharmacy closure called off after pay deal agreed in win for Mirror campaign - The Mirror

25/04/2025 Mediator called to settle Brum bin strike dispute

25/04/2025 Hundreds of Dundee university workers back strike action

25/04/2025 TotalEnergies workers balloted for strike action

25/04/2025 Pay victory for Unite members at East Midlands Airport

25/04/2025 British retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.4% in March

25/04/2025 Frozen thresholds to drag 17.9m people into income tax net | The Actuary

25/04/2025 Hundreds take voluntary redundancy at University of Edinburgh

25/04/2025 Over half of UK businesses plan below average pay rises this year - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

25/04/2025 Scope plans major job cuts, hitting disabled employees hardest

24/04/2025 NUJ slams DC Thomson over 0pc pay award - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

24/04/2025 Tesco UK reports -3.8% mean ethnicity pay gap

24/04/2025 RCN Scotland launches ballot on 8% pay offer

24/04/2025 End to Birmingham bin strike in touching distance, says union

24/04/2025 PCS in talks with Tate over restructure

24/04/2025 Should corporate whistleblowers get paid?

24/04/2025 Council employee pay offer announced

24/04/2025 Reeves’ taxes hammer private sector in one of ‘lowest ever’ PMIs

24/04/2025 Only 1 in 10 UK employees are engaged at work, costing the UK economy £293bn - report

24/04/2025 Passenger assistance staff at Heathrow escalate strike action

24/04/2025 Stagecoach bus services across west of Scotland to stop in May as pay dispute escalates

24/04/2025 UK executive pay increases surpass US competitors

24/04/2025 Revolut tracking staff behaviour with points-based ‘Karma’ bonus system

23/04/2025 Local government pay: employers make ‘full and final’ offer

23/04/2025 Expanded pay gap reporting: what do employers need to know about the proposals?

23/04/2025 ‘Baffling’ gender pay gap in maritime is ‘disgracefully high’ in the UK, diversity experts say

23/04/2025 Vast majority of brands holding off using AI in recruitment

23/04/2025 British Steel halts plan to axe 2,700 jobs

23/04/2025 Almost 600,000 council workers lost in England and Wales

22/04/2025 Drivers facing traffic chaos as Clyde Tunnel staff threaten strike action

22/04/2025 Fall in UK company pension contributions sparks calls for review

21/04/2025 The revealing shift in who reports the gender pay gap

21/04/2025 Is it true that men are still paid more than women per hour?

21/04/2025 UK financial services workers ‘get biggest bonuses in the world’

21/04/2025 Polish parcel locker network InPost buys UK delivery firm Yodel for £106m

21/04/2025 Second teachers’ union vows to strike if pay award fails to fund schools in England

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