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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03/02/2026 How much YOUR pay should rise in 2026 - and an easy trick to get £1,000s extra

03/02/2026 Gender pension gap measures approved

03/02/2026 Staff at Leeds Conservatoire to strike over false promises and ‘two-tier workforce’ | UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside

03/02/2026 Update on Civil Service Pensions administration chaos

03/02/2026 Industrial action boosts PCS membership at Tate Gallery

03/02/2026 44% of employers expect pay to grow at same rate in 2026 as 2025

03/02/2026 Revealed: The most likely pay rises in 2026

03/02/2026 Pay awards stagnate as inflation bites

03/02/2026 Sports events under threat as snooker and tennis ball cloth workers take further strike action

03/02/2026 BIG employees to hold protest over practice’s plans to slash UK workforce

03/02/2026 BAE workers in northern England plan strike over pay, union says

03/02/2026 Second strike ballot of teachers gets under way in dispute over workload

03/02/2026 Why workers at London Museum have voted for industrial action

03/02/2026 Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

03/02/2026 Employers are spreading raises like peanut butter – and workers are paying the price | Gene Marks

03/02/2026 The long-term cost of high student debt in the UK is not just for graduates | Heather Stewart

02/02/2026 UK Treasury offers up to £100,000 exit packages to cut hundreds of jobs

02/02/2026 Strike action at 20 West Midlands schools ends

02/02/2026 Frasers-owned gaming chain hits pause and alerts administrators | TheBusinessDesk.com

02/02/2026 Council gender pay gap reversed as women overtake men for first time

02/02/2026 Birmingham council facing millions of pounds in legal claims from bin workers

02/02/2026 Increased pension contributions named 2026’s most-desired employee benefit | Onrec

02/02/2026 Urban Outfitters, Dreams and Royal Parks cafes criticised for use of gig economy app

02/02/2026 How much your pay is going up in 2026 as employers explain plan

02/02/2026 UK employers see 2026 pay rises in 3%-3.5% range, survey shows

02/02/2026 Most bosses expect pay growth to stabilise or increase this year

02/02/2026 Asda to repay 53,000 employees following holiday and sick pay error

02/02/2026 Morrisons confirms staff will not receive pay rise this year

02/02/2026 Home Office staff given bumper pay rise despite failing on small boats

02/02/2026 College strikes over as teachers agree pay deal

02/02/2026 Second Step worker says he 'just wants to be paid fairly'

02/02/2026 Second teacher strike ballot begins amid dispute over workload

02/02/2026 Government removes ‘insulting’ language against hospitality workers from tipping fact sheet

30/01/2026 A State of Struggle – book review

30/01/2026 Sainsbury’s to raise hourly pay by 5% in 2026

30/01/2026 Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise

30/01/2026 Inflation guarantee means nursing staff get 0.15% extra | News | RCN Scotland | Royal College of Nursing

30/01/2026 Proposed 51 job losses at Glen Electric ‘catastrophic’ for Newry

30/01/2026 55 jobs to go at council

30/01/2026 Durham University has largest median gender pay gap of recorded Russell Group

30/01/2026 Celebrating 25 years of the real Living Wage

30/01/2026 East London bus drivers vote on strike action

30/01/2026 Hundreds of Diligenta staff strike in Reading over 'derisory' pay

30/01/2026 Metropolitan Police strikes called off as workers accept new pay offer

30/01/2026 Companies urged to bypass ‘fit note’ system with health plans for sick staff

30/01/2026 The employees secretly working a four-day week

30/01/2026 Is the UK on the cusp of a productivity revival?

30/01/2026 Government steps in to save 300 jobs at Isle of Wight wind turbine factory

30/01/2026 Tesco to cut nearly 400 jobs amid bakery restructure

30/01/2026 Strathclyde Uni denies targeting disabled staff in savings bid

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