By Don Lustenberger
BLOG OVERVIEW: Conducting a pay equity analysis on total compensation alone is often legally and practically risky. To avoid blind spots in pay analyses, employers should consider conducting pay equity analyses on each form of...
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Don Lustenberger, Ph.D.
Recent Posts
September 03, 2025
By: Don Lustenberger and Lisa Harpe
Our summer blog series contrasting “expert” versus “robot” approaches to pay equity continues this week as we discuss what happens after compensation data have been analyzed: investigating the results of the...
August 06, 2024
By: Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger
In our second and previous installment of our summer blog series contrasting "expert” versus ”robot” approaches to conducting a pay-equity study, we described how the more traditional, consultant-led approaches...
By: Don Lustenberger and Lisa Harpe
Series Introduction
Earlier this year DCI experts and co-authors of this post, Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger, hosted a pay-equity webinar on the topic of “expert vs. robot.” They contrasted the more...
July 13, 2023
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 about, how it might pose a risk for your organization, and how to potentially remedy it.
What is...
On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed an amicus curiae brief in Frappied et al. v. Affinity Gaming Black Hawk, LLC (No. 19-1063; 10th Cir.)—a case involving older casino workers who allege they were...
On July 19, 2019, federal contractor Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company, was ordered by an administrative law judge to remunerate $6.6M in back pay and to extend job offers to 182 class members after being found in violation of Executive Order 11246 for...
