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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11/09/2025 Hundreds of social care charity workers strike in ongoing pay dispute

11/09/2025 Glasgow district nurses ready to strike

11/09/2025 Staff to strike at three Scottish universities in one day - BBC News

11/09/2025 Planned job cuts at UHI prompt union strike ballot

11/09/2025 Hybrid working risks alienating younger staff unless managers take action - HR News

11/09/2025 Transport & storage firms shun flexible working - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

11/09/2025 Alexander Dennis workers back furlough as rescue efforts continue

11/09/2025 Birmingham bin strike reaches six-month anniversary

11/09/2025 London bus strike planned for weekend partly called off

11/09/2025 Gatwick immigration services workers ballot for strike action over poverty pay

11/09/2025 Kent and Greenwich universities to merge in bid to strengthen financial footing

11/09/2025 Almost 190 jobs made redundant at RGU as university faces financial pressures

11/09/2025 Losses at John Lewis and Waitrose owner almost triple to £88m

10/09/2025 Playwrights working for NT, RSC and Royal Court land 3.25% pay increase

10/09/2025 FCDO staff vote overwhelmingly against performance-based pay

10/09/2025 Second 24-hour strike for security staff in the Houses of Parliament

10/09/2025 Exclusive: NI savings top reason staff choose electric cars via ...

10/09/2025 Pay satisfaction and intentions to leave the NHS: a UK-based cohort study

10/09/2025 Pay rises urged as homelessness charities’ staff feel ‘at risk of burnout’

10/09/2025 Europe’s largest quarry braced for strike action.

10/09/2025 250 workers at West Cumbrian plant set to strike in pay row – cumbriacrack.com

10/09/2025 More Tube strike misery amid ‘total collapse in industrial relations’

09/09/2025 Airedale Hospital staff protest over 'two-tier' pay system

09/09/2025 Care staff at Enable Scotland to strike again over low pay - TFN

09/09/2025 UK wide ballot paves way for national strike action across university campuses

09/09/2025 Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action

09/09/2025 Glasgow and Lanarkshire care workers to strike over pay

09/09/2025 PCS launches consultative ballot on pay for DWP members

09/09/2025 How should companies navigate hybrid work?

09/09/2025 Unite’s Sharon Graham warns Labour against diluting workers’ rights bill

09/09/2025 Median pay increase in private sector falls to 3%

09/09/2025 Daily Mirror, Daily Express, and Daily Record owner to cut 321 jobs

08/09/2025 Forces urged to copy Northamptonshire Police on overtime pay decision

08/09/2025 UK pay growth close to four-year low

08/09/2025 Pay awards feeling tightest squeeze since December 2021

08/09/2025 UK pay settlements drop to lowest since December 2021

08/09/2025 Home counties bus chaos as Arriva workers walk out

08/09/2025 Mass disruption to Greater Manchester Bee Network as bus workers strike

08/09/2025 Unite delivers sweet pay deal for Tunnock’s factory workers

08/09/2025 London tube users warned to plan for disruption as strike action escalates

08/09/2025 Beauty chain Bodycare to close 32 stories in administration

08/09/2025 NHS staff threaten strikes unless plans to outsource support services are shelved

08/09/2025 Scotland’s largest teaching union calls for review on pension age link

05/09/2025 Tube cleaners threaten strike action over wages and sick pay

05/09/2025 Dorset NHS staff begin strike ballot in bid to stop outsourcing - UNISON South West

05/09/2025 Macallan workers to vote on strike action - The Spirits Business

05/09/2025 Bacton Gas Terminal workers begin vote on strike action

05/09/2025 Dundee University staff balloted on fresh strike action

05/09/2025 Civil Service Pension Scheme in crisis

05/09/2025 Birkenhead, Chorley and Preston bus chaos as Stagecoach drivers strike

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