Financial Forensics

Pay Equity Analysis

We partner with legal counsel to conduct structured, defensible pay equity reviews that identify compensation disparities, assess risk, and support proactive compliance strategies.

How Cogence Group can help:

  • Analyze Compensation Across Comparable Roles: Evaluate pay ranges, percentage and dollar gaps, compression patterns, tenure alignment, and potential outliers.

  • Identify Potential Risk Areas: Assess whether disparities may implicate state or federal pay equity laws.

  • Evaluate Bona Fide Factors: Review education, experience, seniority, merit, and productivity explanations to determine whether pay differences are supportable.

  • Develop Clear Documentation: Prepare organized spreadsheets and written summaries outlining findings and follow-up considerations.

  • Assess Employer Justifications: Analyze the sufficiency of internal explanations and supporting records.

  • Provide Actionable Recommendations: Assist counsel with compensation adjustments, structured pay ranges, and implementation of repeatable equity review frameworks.

  • Support Litigation or Regulatory Matters: Offer expert analysis and testimony where pay practices are challenged.

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