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

03/04/2025 Women more likely to quit than men if forced to give up hybrid working, research finds

03/04/2025 Fire service reports historic gender pay gap shift - Emergency Services Times

03/04/2025 Pilot 'agency worker' case goes to court of appeal

03/04/2025 The Engineer's 2025 salary survey reveals mixed picture on UK engineering pay levels - The Engineer

03/04/2025 Unison reports 5.9% mean gender pay gap

03/04/2025 More than half the Russell Group see gender pay gap widen - Research Professional News

03/04/2025 Gender pay gap increased at Sellafield nuclear site, report finds

03/04/2025 Making strong progress on our gender pay gap

03/04/2025 Bridging the gender pay gap

03/04/2025 Gender pay gap reporting 2024

03/04/2025 Teachers' earnings compare poorly to other graduate professions - Headteacher Update

03/04/2025 Private sector median pay increases fall to 3.5%

03/04/2025 Durham University latest to be threatened with strikes over cuts

03/04/2025 Pay review delay for doctors could trigger new industrial dispute, BMA warns

03/04/2025 ONS members vote to escalate industrial action

03/04/2025 Workers at Slough engineering firm set to strike after disagreement over pay

03/04/2025 UK households on track to be £400 worse off in new tax year finds latest Resolution Foundation analysis - IFA Magazine

03/04/2025 £250 million - the cost of Birmingham's equal pay failures confirmed - Birmingham Live

03/04/2025 Union warns of 'chaos' as council workers consider strike action over 'fire and rehire'

02/04/2025 Probe launched into flawed data at UK statistics agency

02/04/2025 Retail wages in Scotland to rise to £16.72 per hour from 1 April SGF report reveals - Better Retailing

02/04/2025 Young Londoners urged to consider career on the road as industry risks skills shortage | London Daily News

02/04/2025 The enduring pay gap for disabled people

02/04/2025 48% of employers are offsetting national insurance costs with ...

02/04/2025 Social media ‘most overrated’ marketing skill, study finds

02/04/2025 TPR develops action plan to tackle diversity pay gap

02/04/2025 Job losses across UK higher education continue to rise - Research Professional News

02/04/2025 UK pay awards lowest in three years, IDR survey shows

02/04/2025 New research illustrates how teachers’ pay lags considerably behind other professions

02/04/2025 Combined impact of minimum wage and tax increases may reduce opportunities for young people | Institute for Fiscal Studies

02/04/2025 Cancer Research UK reports -3.3% mean ethnicity pay gap

02/04/2025 Scottish Water defends 'shocking fat cat bonuses' as staff go on strike over pay

02/04/2025 Merseyrail cleaners win improved pay offer

02/04/2025 UCU: Further education union votes for strike action

02/04/2025 University of Sheffield staff to strike over 'drastic' cuts

01/04/2025 Dundee university cuts to be 'worse than expected'

01/04/2025 Unions accept 9% pay deal for Northern Ireland civil servants

01/04/2025 West of Scotland facing bus cancellation chaos as drivers balloted on strike

01/04/2025 UNISON Gender Pay Gap Report 2025 | UNISON National

01/04/2025 Heathrow PRM workers strike over pay disparity with Gatwick

01/04/2025 Royal College of Physicians gender pay gap 2024

01/04/2025 Gender pay gap published - University of Reading

01/04/2025 Annual Gender Pay Gap Update | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

01/04/2025 HR's pay gap continues to widen - HR Magazine

01/04/2025 Delays to health workers' pay rise causing huge problems for NHS, says UNISON | News, Press release | News | UNISON National

01/04/2025 Bus services across Surrey and Hampshire under threat as workers ballot for strikes

01/04/2025 Liverpool lab workers ballot for strikes over patient safety fears

01/04/2025 Housing workers in Southwark to take further strike action over annual leave disgrace

01/04/2025 How has Deliveroo turned a profit? By slashing the pay and dismantling the rights of riders like me | Shaf Hussain

31/03/2025 RMT slams Foreland Shipping over pay inequality amid soaring profits and MoD contract windfall

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