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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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17/12/2025 Services sector suffers jobs losses despite ‘rebound’ in UK growth

17/12/2025 Public sector pay rises at fastest pace on record

17/12/2025 Airedale hospital staff set to strike

17/12/2025 Rising unemployment highlights case for DWP pay demands

17/12/2025 Yorkshire Airedale NHS microbiology workers strike over being underpaid and over worked

17/12/2025 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report

17/12/2025 Santa suffers a pay freeze but elves get early Christmas present

17/12/2025 Santas facing 'humbug' pay shocker this year

17/12/2025 EXCLUSIVE: Councils to push against statistics rowback

17/12/2025 Hundreds of jobs lost as UK's largest timber firm axes five more sites

17/12/2025 Retail jobs slump to 'record low', says ONS - Retail Gazette

17/12/2025 A third of SMEs warn National Living Wage hikes 'will be detrimental to their business' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

17/12/2025 Planning Inspectorate staff begin industrial action over pay and workload issues

17/12/2025 UK Government pledges £120m to save Grangemouth chemical plant

17/12/2025 'Devastating' factory closure would see more than 100 jobs lost | Wales Online

17/12/2025 Striking resident doctors are digging in. History suggests this will go on and on

17/12/2025 Wes Streeting and resident doctors urged to agree to mediation to end strikes

17/12/2025 Employment Rights Bill clears last parliamentary hurdle

16/12/2025 Planning your 2026 UK tech career move? Glasgow ranks best

16/12/2025 iGaming salaries rise 4.09% as AI and flexibility reshape talent market

16/12/2025 PJ view: the forthcoming ten-year workforce plan must be more than ‘numbers’

16/12/2025 General practice nurses in Wales to receive 4% pay rise

16/12/2025 Why did doctors reject Wes Streeting’s offer? It still fails to treat us with respect | Jack Fletcher

16/12/2025 Why PCS wants a civil service wide health and safety committee

16/12/2025 Vice-chancellor bonuses growing despite university funding crisis

16/12/2025 New Year's Eve disruption to London police as staff strike over pay

16/12/2025 Arriva Leicestershire strikes off after Unite wins improved pay offer

16/12/2025 Newham mental health staff celebrate newly won pay and conditions

16/12/2025 King and Queen facing cold Christmas as Sandringham fuel tanker drivers strike

16/12/2025 Addison Lee ordered to pay drivers

16/12/2025 University of Essex staff could strike over plans to shut Southend campus - Essex Live

16/12/2025 Sullom Voe oil terminal workers step up strike action - Scotland

16/12/2025 Doctors vote to go ahead with five-day strike in England this week

16/12/2025 Evri Pay Model and UK Minimum Wage Compliance Explained

16/12/2025 UK launches taskforce to 'break down barriers' for women in tech

15/12/2025 DMH Stallard rewards staff with bonuses

15/12/2025 DWP told about PCS strike ballot over pay

15/12/2025 Diageo Belfast: Workers go on strike at Guinness canning factory

15/12/2025 Real Estate Balance launches study to address leadership gender gap | Property Week

15/12/2025 What to expect from marketing recruitment in 2026

15/12/2025 Slight rise in nursery staff, but numbers remain 'well below' what is needed - Nursery World

15/12/2025 London Grosvenor Casinos workers to strike over key festive party dates

15/12/2025 New strikes at Sellafield as "union-busting" sees workers laid off

15/12/2025 Christmas chaos at Village Hotels in Leeds as workers walk out

15/12/2025 Chaos expected as more transport staff strike over pay | ITV News

15/12/2025 FCDO’s domestic staff to ‘bear brunt’ of job cuts, perm sec says

15/12/2025 Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big executive pay rises, UK firms warned

15/12/2025 Young people bearing brunt of UK jobs downturn, thinktank warns

15/12/2025 City & Guilds to shrink UK workforce amid £22m cost-cutting drive

15/12/2025 'Throw the parcel at the back door' - Evri couriers tell of pressure to earn a decent wage

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