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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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22/05/2026 Employers can be sued for denying agoraphobic staff the chance to work from home

22/05/2026 Science job losses ‘at odds with Labour’s growth strategy’

22/05/2026 Senior civil servants to get bonuses for first time to reward ‘doers, not talkers’

22/05/2026 M&S scraps staff bonuses after cyberattack cuts profits by a third

22/05/2026 Publication of the civil service pay remit guidance: General Secretary statement to PCS members

22/05/2026 Government pledges £120m to support ceramics firms

22/05/2026 Hundreds of Scottish airport workers back summer strikes

22/05/2026 Staff at world-leading Institute of Cancer Research to strike over pay

22/05/2026 Civil servants to get 3.5% pay rise

22/05/2026 Housing sector urged to act on equality and diversity gap

22/05/2026 Edinburgh union warns 'hoax' contracts mask the true scale of job cuts

22/05/2026 Next faces shareholder pressure over worker pay

22/05/2026 Civil service union votes to double strike fund to prepare for Reform government

22/05/2026 Full list of Quiz stores to close in UK as fashion retailer falls into administration

22/05/2026 Morrisons to close 100 stores across the UK putting hundreds of jobs at risk

21/05/2026 Call to confront deteriorating pay and conditions

21/05/2026 Parents face increase in flexible working refusals, research reveals

21/05/2026 Political plans to reform public sector pensions risk widening gender pension gap

21/05/2026 Gender pay equality: slowly closing the gap

21/05/2026 Gender pay gap for engineers only reduced by 1.1% over past 10 years | New Civil Engineer

21/05/2026 78% of low-paid workers say better pay would improve their health | Living Wage Foundation

21/05/2026 Grangemouth tanker drivers secure significant pay win after dispute

21/05/2026 Conference agrees to support hybrid working campaigns

21/05/2026 West Midlands Trains strike action set to go ahead after talks fail to resolve dispute | TheBusinessDesk.com

21/05/2026 What train strikes are happening this weekend? Walkout to hit London Euston service

21/05/2026 Sussex cake factory plunges into administration with more than 120 jobs at risk

20/05/2026 Northern Ireland doctors to stage two 24-hour strikes in June if ballot approved

20/05/2026 Strike action to close 28 primary schools in West Dunbartonshire

20/05/2026 West End workers vote YES for strike action in Equity indicative ballot | Equity

20/05/2026 Deloitte’s UK business announces bigger bonuses after beating targets

20/05/2026 Workers face worst squeeze on real pay since 2022 as inflation rises

20/05/2026 NHS leaders concerned about staff morale - HR Magazine

20/05/2026 Lack of pay transparency is now a ‘dealbreaker’ for job candidates | theHRD

20/05/2026 First charities awarded diversity accreditation

20/05/2026 Most school leaders say SEND reforms will increase workload, survey finds

20/05/2026 Three quarters of public sector leaders report severe financial strain

20/05/2026 Uni urged to reconsider 'destructive' job cuts ahead of strike action

20/05/2026 Net-A-Porter deliveries to be 'savaged' as 100 strike at warehouse

20/05/2026 NHS to trial GPs no longer handing out ‘sick notes’

20/05/2026 UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say

19/05/2026 At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says

19/05/2026 UK university staff offered pay rise of 2 per cent

19/05/2026 Live coverage from BBC Newshour/World Tonight strike

19/05/2026 Standard Chartered to cut thousands of roles as AI use increases

19/05/2026 Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds

19/05/2026 28% of single parents have been refused flexible working

19/05/2026 Prosect members at V&A overwhelmingly reject pay offer

19/05/2026 TfL bus controllers to strike on same day as London tube strikes

19/05/2026 93 jobs lost as Falkirk fabrication and engineering firms fail

19/05/2026 Targets and trade-offs: NHS finance and performance ambitions in 2026/27

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