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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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19/10/2026 East of England firms weigh up home-working vs office-working

19/10/2026 North Ayrshire Council brings Living Wage rise forward six months for 822 staff

19/10/2026 Tories call for 5-year freeze on minimum wage to tackle youth unemployment

19/10/2026 Pay rise leaves Scottish NHS dentists highest UK earners - Dentistry

19/10/2026 Call to boost armed forces doctors’ pay

19/10/2026 Probation officers vote on industrial action as thousands of prisoners are released early – The Justice Gap

19/10/2026 London hospital staff strike for second time over 'poverty-level' pay

19/10/2026 Bin strike in Havering as workers act over unbearable conditions

19/10/2026 Great Yarmouth council workers strike halted after new offer

19/10/2026 Taylor Wimpey cuts wages of ‘overpaid’ workers

19/10/2026 What is behind the surprising resilience of the UK economy?

19/10/2026 Global economy set for AI-driven surge, FT survey suggests

19/10/2026 Sunderland carers vote to strike over equal pay

16/10/2026 Care worker qualification rates continue downward trend, reveals report - Community Care

16/10/2026 Burnham’s new social care workforce plans: do they go far and fast enough?

16/10/2026 Pay rise for teachers confirmed by Welsh Government

16/10/2026 Sunderland staff declare dispute over £40 million savings plan

16/10/2026 New v-c seeks to turn around Goldsmiths as record strike drags on

16/10/2026 Lancet editor denies escalating strikes could halt publication - Research Professional News

16/10/2026 National Galleries of Scotland strike secures win for gallery attendants

16/10/2026 South Yorkshire witness liaison officers vote to strike

16/10/2026 1000s of Leeds council workers ready to strike

16/10/2026 Union urges support for Rough gas storage facility

16/10/2026 Leeds Bradford Airport strikes won’t go ahead

16/10/2026 Strikes averted at Do & Co as Heathrow Airport workers win improved pay

16/10/2026 Union to ballot school leaders on industrial action after talks collapse | ITV News

16/10/2026 Exclusive: British Heart Foundation delivers total reward on a budget

15/10/2026 Job cuts likely with £170m to be saved at Essex County Council

15/10/2026 1 in 3 schools considering redundancies or restructuring

15/10/2026 Concerns NHS jobs 'lost prematurely' as merger paused

15/10/2026 Done family took £30m dividend from Betfred before warning of job cuts

15/10/2026 New action to crackdown on bogus self-employment loopholes

15/10/2026 The Employment Rights Act 2025: consultations update - IER

15/10/2026 Labour leader calls for fair deal for council refuse workers amid union talks

15/10/2026 Half a million UK workers to get pay boost as real living wage rises

15/10/2026 Department-spanning strike ballot on pay, job security and pensions to begin next week

15/10/2026 Depot workers prepare for ballot on Christmas strike after rejecting council’s final offer

15/10/2026 East London NHS trust workers balloted over strike action

15/10/2026 Diageo strike action suspended at Cameronbridge

15/10/2026 Social care vacancies fall to lowest level in a decade

15/10/2026 Fourth union joins strike at Glasgow Caledonian University

15/10/2026 QBE ensures transparency and privacy within ethnicity pay data

15/10/2026 PRS for Music builds trust with ethnicity pay reporting

15/10/2026 UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of work

14/10/2026 Women in UK manufacturing most exposed to generative AI

14/10/2026 NHS unions 2027/28 pay claim in Scotland

14/10/2026 Council spends £129k on staff equipment while review of home working policy continues

14/10/2026 UKRI opens voluntary exit scheme as ‘first phase’ of internal reforms - Research Professional News

14/10/2026 Leeds Bradford Airport air traffic controllers strike halted

14/10/2026 Cardiff Bus workers in strike vote after drivers penalised during heatwave

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