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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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25/06/2026 Social workers settle pay dispute as new strike threat looms

25/06/2026 NI health: Consultants and specialist doctors begin strike action

25/06/2026 Strike action considered by firefighters over proposed job losses and station closures

25/06/2026 Redundancies at Falmouth Docks despite pledge of no job cuts

25/06/2026 Deltapoll: 95% of NEU members believe their school will struggle to afford an unfunded pay rise | National Education Union

25/06/2026 Trade union weighs up 4pc pay offer from Short Brothers for Belfast site

25/06/2026 Council to investigate £327,000 pay-off for Edinburgh Trams boss

25/06/2026 Employment law shake-up: What it means for North Sea energy

25/06/2026 Further London strikes at world-leading Institute of Cancer Research

25/06/2026 Adult social care vacancy rate falls to lowest level in a decade - Community Care

25/06/2026 75 jobs lost as Midlands engineering supplier collapses into administration | TheBusinessDesk.com

25/06/2026 FCDO officials vote for strike action over restructure plans

25/06/2026 Our response to the consultation on collective redundancy obligations | NHS Employers

25/06/2026 Trust hits back at Bradford school strike over redundancies and excessive class sizes

25/06/2026 290 jobs on the line as Gousto weighs up site closure

24/06/2026 Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m despite profits slide

24/06/2026 Knight Frank confirms job losses in UK business

24/06/2026 Minding the gap: Shifting media attitudes to women in engineering - The Engineer

24/06/2026 Equal pay claims pose ‘unquantifiable’ financial risk, councillors told

24/06/2026 19% of UK men have never asked for a pay rise or promotion

24/06/2026 Rejection of flexible work threatens rising number of female engineers, IMechE experts say

24/06/2026 Support staff at Codsall schools take further strike action

24/06/2026 Low paid Belfast members launch petition following strike action

24/06/2026 PCS members vote for strike action over FCDO restructure

24/06/2026 Outsourced Parliament cleaners face job losses, with roles cut by a third

24/06/2026 Urgent action needed for bus drivers as red weather warning hits UK

24/06/2026 Scarborough Alexander Dennis bus makers to strike over pay

24/06/2026 Shortage of 240,000 workers green economy leaves staff more ‘exposed to exploitation and exclusion from training’, survey suggests

24/06/2026 62% of employers report persistent levels of health-related exits from work

23/06/2026 Officers concealing flexible working during promotion processes, report reveals

23/06/2026 Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI

23/06/2026 Paternity leave ‘shockingly low’ at several UK universities

23/06/2026 BMA committee advises GP registrars to back latest pay offer

23/06/2026 Unions seek urgent clarification on teacher pay after Starmer resignation | Tes

23/06/2026 RMT members taking strike action against Birmingham freight company | New Civil Engineer

23/06/2026 UPS explores outsourcing UK parcel delivery to third-party couriers

23/06/2026 Equal pay claims could cost employers billions, report warns

23/06/2026 Brake Brothers workers in strike ballot over pay dispute

23/06/2026 South London & Maudsley NHS estates workers ballot for strikes over equal pay

23/06/2026 Simon Johnson: ‘Nobody needs as many white-collar workers as they used to’

23/06/2026 Cornwall care workers pushed to breaking point

23/06/2026 Stress main reason for sickness absence among council staff

23/06/2026 AI law firm wins UK court case for first time

23/06/2026 UK high street giant on the brink of collapse as 150 stores at risk of closure

23/06/2026 Over 1,200 social care workers at almost 150 sites balloted for strike action over pay

23/06/2026 Royal Mail chief raises alarm over high daily staff sickness levels

22/06/2026 London bus drivers face 40C heat inside cabs during hot weather

22/06/2026 Fighter pilot equipment makers win pay rise

22/06/2026 National Library of Wales members ballot on industrial action

22/06/2026 South Tyneside and Sunderland midwives vote overwhelmingly for strike action - Royal College of Midwives

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