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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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24/09/2026 Fathering a daughter alters view of females

24/09/2026 Admiral UK insurance to cut 500 jobs to save £100m

24/09/2026 Co-op confirms job cuts as part of £200m cost-saving plan after cyber attack

24/09/2026 Industrial action at Go Cornwall

24/09/2026 Barnsley Council responds to GMB’s ballot on industrial action

24/09/2026 MOD caretakers remain in dark about future

24/09/2026 Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs

24/09/2026 Confessions of an accidental bonus basher

24/09/2026 Workers could strike over 'devastating' plans to close day care centres

24/09/2026 Seven more strike days announced at Bristol schools

24/09/2026 Legal & General to cut 1,000 jobs by mid-2027

24/09/2026 UK defence contractors to offer 40,000 apprenticeships, placements and jobs

24/09/2026 Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work adviser says

23/09/2026 Union announces deadline for ‘satisfactory’ assurances or civil service-wide ballot

23/09/2026 Barnsley nursery staff vote in industrial action ballot over pension dispute - Nursery World

23/09/2026 No end in sight for strike by Legal 500 researchers

23/09/2026 North Sea oil and gas decline threatens 115,000-job workforce, report says

23/09/2026 Job losses as Clayton Glass enters administration

23/09/2026 Dough! Bread shortages as Bristol Hovis delivery drivers strike

23/09/2026 Warrington Council to make cuts of up to £51million following failed investments | ITV News

23/09/2026 Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices

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22/09/2026 UK workers to receive two weeks of unpaid leave for bereavement

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22/09/2026 Morrisons announces major change affecting all hourly staff from next month

22/09/2026 Millions of contractor and gig economy contracts to face new compliance checks | theHRD

22/09/2026 Eight UK universities already plan to strike over job cuts in the 2026/2027 academic year

22/09/2026 University facing 'worst crisis since WW2' as staff begin five-week strike

22/09/2026 Union targets big tech after Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul

22/09/2026 Mutiny in the rankings

22/09/2026 Airbus to create 480 new jobs at Flintshire plant in boost to UK aerospace industry

22/09/2026 TfL to build 53 new toilets for London bus drivers

22/09/2026 NI teachers work to rule | ITV News

22/09/2026 Prospect reaches access agreement with Meta

22/09/2026 Institute of Cancer Research workers celebrate historic pay win

22/09/2026 Cheshire uranium UNRENCO strike threat ends as workers accept improved pay deal

22/09/2026 Scarborough Alexander Dennis bus maker strikes over after improved pay deal secured

21/09/2026 Send warning as 67% of teaching assistants covering classes for teachers

21/09/2026 Only 160 apprenticeship starts in eight months on Labour’s flagship scheme

21/09/2026 Universities to be hit by ‘prolonged’ strike action amid job cut

21/09/2026 Go Cornwall bus strike called over lack of union recognition - Cornwall Live

20/09/2026 New pay and conditions deal for Evri workers

20/09/2026 V&A staff set to strike on 25 and 26 September

20/09/2026 University of Birmingham staff to be balloted on strike action

20/09/2026 PCS launches national campaign and trade dispute across the civil service and related areas

20/09/2026 Somerset NHS staff 'angry' about possible move to private firm

20/09/2026 UK's first Living Wage Zone in Acton - Around Ealing

20/09/2026 Diageo distillery staff strike dates announced

20/09/2026 UK equal pay system requires complete overhaul

20/09/2026 Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and ScottishPower win menopause-friendly employer of the year awards

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