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Triaging Pay Structures and Worker Categories Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive
BLOG OVERVIEW: Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive, worker categories must group jobs of equal value, and that value must come from a...
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Portugal Publishes Draft Pay Transparency Legislation
Sep 10, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
BLOG OVERVIEW: Portugal published draft pay transparency legislation on August 5, 2026, partially transposing EU Directive 2023/970 by amending the...
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Are Your Worker Categories Defensible Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive?
Aug 19, 2026, 11:52:08 AM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: The EU Pay Transparency Directive requires employers to group workers into categories performing the same work or...
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Ask the Navigator: Worker Categories Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive
Jul 20, 2026, 5:07:21 PM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: With the June 7, 2026 transposition deadline now passed, this Ask the Navigator question from DCI's monthly EU Pay...
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Malta Transposes EU Pay Transparency Directive
Jun 18, 2026, 9:51:51 AM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: Malta has transposed the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) through the Equal Pay (Transparency and...
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Understanding EU's Toolkit for Job Evaluation Under Pay Transparency Directive
Apr 22, 2026, 12:00:25 PM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released an updated EU-wide toolkit on gender-neutral job...
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Work of Equal Value Under the EU Pay Transparency Directive: What Employers Need to Know
Feb 18, 2026, 4:48:46 PM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: The European Union Pay Transparency Directive requires employers to report gender pay gaps for categories of...
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Why Total Comp Isn’t Enough: Avoiding Blind Spots in Pay Equity Analyses
Sep 3, 2025, 12:20:45 PM
By Don Lustenberger BLOG OVERVIEW: Conducting a pay equity analysis on total compensation alone is often legally and practically risky. To avoid...
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Expert vs. Robot, Part 4: Investigating Analysis Results & Making Pay Adjustments
Aug 13, 2024, 12:42:54 PM
By: Don Lustenberger and Lisa Harpe Our summer blog series contrasting “expert” versus “robot” approaches to pay equity continues this week as we...
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Expert vs. Robot, Part 3: Planning and Analysis
Aug 6, 2024, 12:11:18 PM
By: Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger In our second and previous installment of our summer blog series contrasting "expert” versus ”robot” approaches...
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Expert vs. Robot, Part 1: Different Approaches to Pay Equity
Jul 23, 2024, 11:00:10 AM
By: Don Lustenberger and Lisa Harpe Series Introduction Earlier this year DCI experts and co-authors of this post, Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger,...
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What is Pay Compression?
Jul 13, 2023, 1:10:28 PM
By: Don Lustenberger At DCI, we’ve been tracking increased attention on the topic of pay compression. So, let’s talk about what it is, how it comes...