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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News

06/11/2025 BBC News: 'London needs safety charter for delivery e-bike riders' - BBC News

06/11/2025 Luton easyJet disruption looms for Christmas as DHL workers ballot for strike

06/11/2025 Pay: the state of the negotiations | Firefighter Magazine

06/11/2025 BMA rejects fresh offer to end doctor strikes

06/11/2025 Immingham DB Cargo workers celebrate £11,700 pay victory secured by Unite

06/11/2025 Strikes to hit gxo logistics in motherwell as drivers battle inferior pay

06/11/2025 Bosch rexroth workers in strike ballot over detrimental contract changes

06/11/2025 EIS union urges teachers in Scotland to accept new pay deal

05/11/2025 Future of Workforce Reporting - High Pay Centre

05/11/2025 Tube strikes averted as RMT and TfL agree three-year pay deal

05/11/2025 UK pay awards hold at lowest in nearly four years, IDR survey shows

05/11/2025 Pay awards static at 3% in three months to September

05/11/2025 Leicestershire braced for winter bus disruption as Arriva workers ballot for strike

05/11/2025 NEU staff strikes continue as restructure dispute escalates

05/11/2025 Leonardo strike suspended following new pay offer

05/11/2025 Transport for Greater Manchester strikes escalate

05/11/2025 Cambridgeshire facing bus standstill as Stagecoach workers ballot for strike action

05/11/2025 Fixing Britain’s worklessness crisis will cost employers £6bn a year, report says

05/11/2025 NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting

04/11/2025 DWP group executive committee strike submission

04/11/2025 Union accuses BAE Systems of treating employees "with contempt"

04/11/2025 Luxury boatbuilder Princess Yachts announces more potential job losses

04/11/2025 Dundee University staff to strike for five days over job cuts - BBC News

04/11/2025 Fired Earth’s collapse results in 133 job losses - East Midlands Business Link

04/11/2025 Facebook cuts 660 UK jobs as revenue nears record

04/11/2025 Minimum wage hike puts pressure on professional starting salaries

04/11/2025 Macallan distillery engineers to go on strike in rota dispute

04/11/2025 Union to consider strike action after losing legal bid against Ofsted

04/11/2025 NHS productivity falls even as hospital efficiency in England rises

03/11/2025 Wirral care workers continue strikes in dispute over pay

03/11/2025 Some Border Force staff patrolling UK waters plan strike over pay

03/11/2025 New data shows significant disability and ethnicity pay gaps in civil service

03/11/2025 DfE: Teachers should get 6.5% pay rise over three years | Tes

03/11/2025 Senior civil service pay rise should be 2.5% or less, Cabinet Office says

03/11/2025 2.5% pay rise proposed by ministers

03/11/2025 BMA says Government’s suggested pay rise for doctors in 2026 is indefensible - BMA media centre - BMA

03/11/2025 Veolia incinerator workers in Newhaven plan four weeks of strikes

03/11/2025 Police staff pay award announced | Article | News | UNISON National

03/11/2025 Lufthansa Technik workers in Hayes celebrate pay victory

03/11/2025 Unite secures pay rise for offshore Altrad workers on EnQuest’s Magnus and Thistle Alpha platforms

03/11/2025 Amazon gives clarity on security of Dunfermline jobs

03/11/2025 Proposed sawmill closure puts more than 50 jobs at risk in Carlisle

03/11/2025 Dozens of Scots staff sacked at Grand Theft Auto developer in ‘union-busting’ move

03/11/2025 Low earners face 'double-edged' pension challenge

03/11/2025 Dates set for ballot on Scottish doctors strike action as pay dispute escalates

03/11/2025 NHS Employers' evidence to DDRB 2026/27 | NHS Employers

03/11/2025 Why it’s a good time for your company to sell your pension

03/11/2025 City bosses warn on pay as minimum wage closes in on graduate salaries

03/11/2025 Will AI mean the end of call centres?

02/11/2025 UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’

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