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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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25/03/2026 New report reveals care workers delivering clinical tasks without pay, training or support

25/03/2026 Fair Work Agency Advisory Board appointed ahead of April launch

25/03/2026 Rest Day Pay Cut Is Unacceptable

25/03/2026 Architecture pay gaps widens in latest RIBA report

25/03/2026 More than 160 job losses confirmed at regional NHS commissioners

25/03/2026 Staff at four Lincolnshire primary schools strike over pay cut

25/03/2026 Asda raises hourly pay to £13.10 for store staff - Retail Gazette

25/03/2026 Prospect secures pay increases for workers in VMO2 and O2 Daisy

25/03/2026 Potential strikes could cause disruption at major airport

25/03/2026 Council employees’ pay offer announced

25/03/2026 Essex University staff back further strikes as union members vote for action

25/03/2026 Heriot-Watt staff strike in latest action to hit universities

25/03/2026 Celebrating union recognition at Transport for Wales (TfW)

25/03/2026 Cadent gas workers announce strike days

25/03/2026 Unite hits out at union busting management at iconic Manchester hotel

25/03/2026 Luton Arriva bus engineers strike vote over serious sexual harassment and assault issues

25/03/2026 Civil servants should be more involved in shaping AI adoption, report says

25/03/2026 Natural England staff secure pay deal worth 12% over two years

25/03/2026 Hundreds of jobs at risk as BT confirms plans to close Sunderland EE call centre

24/03/2026 University of Leicester to cut film and modern languages courses

24/03/2026 Retail supplier Enterprise Foods goes into liquidation - Farmers Weekly

24/03/2026 Black Country manufacturing plant to close with the loss of 86 jobs

24/03/2026 UK construction company collapses into administration

24/03/2026 G4S closes Bootle depot putting 80 Jobs at risk

24/03/2026 Calls for more women in West Midlands to join security industry

24/03/2026 Social work pay: women earn less than men at all levels in children's services - Community Care

24/03/2026 Macmillan reports 17% pay gap in favour of women as bonus gap hits record low

24/03/2026 Pension Protection Fund reports 8.6% mean disability pay gap

24/03/2026 Over 300 schools to open nurseries in childcare cost drive

24/03/2026 Alcoholic drinks bottle shortages as Encirc Elton workers strike

24/03/2026 Lochcarron Mill workers in Selkirk secure inflation beating pay rise

24/03/2026 DHL North West and West Midlands HGV drivers on JLR contract join pay strike vote

24/03/2026 Pay for staff of new Cumbria-wide authority agreed with 'real Living Wage' pledge

24/03/2026 Mental health provider to raise minimum pay for more than 8,200 staff

24/03/2026 Royal Mail staff say they were told to hide post to look like targets met

23/03/2026 Shell Bacton Gas Terminal workers vote to renew strike action

23/03/2026 Kimpton Clocktower Manchester protest working conditions

23/03/2026 Disruption to London buses as Unite members at TfL ballot for strikes

23/03/2026 Northern Ireland farmworkers set for pay rise - Farmers Weekly

23/03/2026 Smaller charities facing ‘particular challenge’ in recruitment, survey finds

23/03/2026 How the Iran war could derail the AI boom

23/03/2026 Brewdog accused of 'fire and rehire' approach to ex-workers

23/03/2026 CCMA Salary Guide for the Contact Centre Industry - contact-centres.com

23/03/2026 How the FTSE grew comfortable with bumper pay for bosses

23/03/2026 Why performance reviews need a makeover

23/03/2026 Thousands of care leavers in England ‘locked out’ of work as firms slow to adapt

20/03/2026 Meningitis outbreak prompts union to demand staff & students be allowed to work from home

20/03/2026 Currys triples London HQ footprint as hybrid working strategy drives expansion - Retail Gazette

20/03/2026 PPF publishes 2025 diversity pay gap report

20/03/2026 Shropshire fire service pledges to wipe out gender pay gap

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