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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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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

22/06/2026 Evri pay proposal rejected by majority of drivers

22/06/2026 United Utilities boss pockets £2.5m despite pollution targets saga

22/06/2026 The right to disconnect: guidance for employers

22/06/2026 Nursing staff ‘relying on credit cards for basic living costs’, warns union

22/06/2026 Haldane Fisher strike causing construction sector disruption across Ireland

22/06/2026 UK statistics agency admits fresh error over key jobs data

22/06/2026 NTIA Calls on Andy Burnham to Champion the Night-Time Economy at the Highest Levels of Government - CLH News: Caterer, Licensee and Hotelier News - News for Pubs, Bars, Hotels and Restaurants

22/06/2026 University responds after no-confidence vote in leadership

22/06/2026 E.On publishes inclusion report to reaffirm commitment to inclusive workplace

22/06/2026 Gen Z earning more than millennials did at the same age, says thinktank

19/06/2026 Jobs to go in major cuts at Welsh meat plant

19/06/2026 Job cuts fuel staff discontent at Lincoln and Northumbria

19/06/2026 College staff face zero pay rise warning

19/06/2026 'Historic' pay deal on offer for college lecturers as long-term tensions thaw

19/06/2026 RMT confirms further strike action in Carlisle Support Services pay dispute

19/06/2026 Theatre assistants at hospitals in Leeds to take strike action

19/06/2026 Striking Suffolk council workers say they are 'undervalued'

19/06/2026 College attempted to prevent staff from taking part in union activities – tribunal

19/06/2026 Morrisons delivery drivers call off industrial action

19/06/2026 Long term sick leave at Norfolk council doubles

19/06/2026 Over 150 workers take to the picket line at Enniskillen sawmill

19/06/2026 Escalating strike action at Clyde shipyards 'could delay Royal Navy warships'

19/06/2026 Retail employment continues to fall as costs rise

19/06/2026 Morrisons Wakefield, Stockton-on-Tees and Cheshire HGV drivers’ strike threat ends in victory

19/06/2026 MoD drivers to strike as management accused of "letting wheels fall off"

19/06/2026 Deloitte and Aviva named among top 50 employers for gender equality

19/06/2026 City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece

18/06/2026 Aberdeen airport security staff back strike action in pay row

18/06/2026 Police Professional | PFEW calls for three-year pay deal with annual seven per cent rises

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