Don Lustenberger, Ph.D.

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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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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...

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