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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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07/04/2026 UK labour law reforms spark concern over retail jobs and flexibility

07/04/2026 Capita fails again in new pensions data breach

07/04/2026 Gig jobs and crime: Evidence from food delivery platforms in France

07/04/2026 UKRI publishes gender pay gap report | Ethical Marketing News

07/04/2026 Gender pay gap widens at four of the UK’s biggest retail ...

07/04/2026 Inflation fear as wage growth picks up

07/04/2026 Bank of England divided on how to tackle energy-induced inflation

07/04/2026 Best Western boss: Wage increases will cost us £40k per hotel

07/04/2026 NEU leader warns of teacher industrial action | Tes

07/04/2026 NI becomes first part of the UK to offer paid miscarriage leave

07/04/2026 80 jobs already lost at Denby Pottery as buyer urgently sought

07/04/2026 ACS urges Low Pay Commission to consider retailers' rising costs

07/04/2026 Supermarkets urged to restore real living wage amid rising cost pressures - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

07/04/2026 Scottish university faces backlash over £200k 'cost-cutting' exercise

07/04/2026 Management consultants are ruining UK universities

07/04/2026 Hospital breaks silence on redundancy fears

07/04/2026 'Insane': Bus giant seeks millions in public aid amidst plans to axe 115 Scots staff

07/04/2026 New UK agency to tackle abuse of labour market rules

07/04/2026 Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting

06/04/2026 Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says

02/04/2026 Government must act on pay for neglected NHS staff groups, says UNISON - UNISON National

02/04/2026 Royal Pavilion could close this weekend as employees strike over contract changes

02/04/2026 Does it really make sense to retrain as a plumber?

02/04/2026 Historic factory that played key role in Second World War to close

02/04/2026 NHS staff boycott Palantir’s data platform over ethical concerns

02/04/2026 District nurses in Scotland: a job evaluation success story | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing

02/04/2026 NHSE gender pay gap hits double digits

02/04/2026 London’s delivery riders get dedicated cycle hubs in push to tidy up gig economy

02/04/2026 Fujitsu Redundancies Affect 10% of UK Workforce

02/04/2026 Cumbrian businesses face 'tipping point' over minimum wage rise

02/04/2026 The Perfume Shop gender pay gap report shows ‘continued progress’ ...

02/04/2026 Doncaster bus strike: Strike breaking drivers offered Greggs vouchers

02/04/2026 Doctors lose new jobs package as strike to go ahead

02/04/2026 Why a UK bottle crisis is looming

02/04/2026 Staff at historic Scottish university back 'year of disruption' as strikes continue

02/04/2026 Ten more strike days announced by union at Aberdeen University

02/04/2026 Jobs cuts to NHS England staff hit women and BAME workers hardest

02/04/2026 Major manufacturing site faces shutdown as around 450 workers vote to strike over pay

02/04/2026 Topps Tiles to close 23 stores over rising costs

01/04/2026 Oxfordshire firefighters back strike action in row over cuts

01/04/2026 Drivers facing ‘disgusting’ facilities at Birmingham Airport.

01/04/2026 Co-op boosts pay for frontline staff

01/04/2026 Three hospital doctors’ groups threaten to coordinate strike action in England

01/04/2026 Alexander Dennis plans to close Falkirk site with loss of 115 jobs

01/04/2026 Centuries-old pottery firm Denby set to call in administrators

01/04/2026 Two-thirds of UK hospitality businesses plan to cut jobs and one in seven will close, survey finds

31/03/2026 Scotland 'sleepwalking into austerity' with bid to axe 20,000 public sector jobs

31/03/2026 Sheffield Hallam University job cuts warning ahead of strike ballot

31/03/2026 Prison staff to get 3.5% pay rise

31/03/2026 Retail & hospitality braces for April

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