David Turetsky & HR Data Labs
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David Turetsky is the Founder and Principal Consultant of HR Data Labs, a compensation strategy, HR analytics, and HR technology company helping mid-size organizations build data-driven people programs. With more than 30 years of practitioner experience spanning ADP DataCloud, Watson-Wyatt, Towers Perrin, Mercer, and Radford, he brings enterprise-scale compensation expertise to organizations that need it most — without the enterprise price tag.

He is the host of the HR Data Labs Podcast, one of the longest-running shows dedicated to compensation, HR analytics, and workforce intelligence, with 300+ episodes and guests from the world's leading HR and HCM organizations. He also hosts the weekly Brown Bag Lunch LinkedIn Live series and leads the HR Data Doodles graphic novel series — visual explainers for complex HR and compensation concepts.

HR Data Labs operates across three pillars: Consulting (compensation strategy, pay transparency, job architecture, and salary structures), Media (podcast, Brown Bag Lunch, The HR Channel), and Tech (Workitecture.ai, ConsultantClock.app, and HRDataLabs.ai).

David Turetsky is the Founder of HR Data Labs and host of the HR Data Labs Podcast. A compensation strategist and HR analytics practitioner with 30+ years of experience at ADP, Watson-Wyatt, and Mercer, he helps mid-size organizations build pay programs that are defensible, equitable, and data-driven.

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Compensation Strategy

• · Building pay programs that attract and retain talent
• · Pay compression — causes, costs, and remediation
• · Salary structure design for mid-size organizations
• · Moving from manager discretion to defensible pay decisions

Pay Transparency

• · What pay transparency laws actually require
• · How to prepare before a compliance deadline hits
• · Communicating pay ranges to employees and managers
• · The business case for proactive pay transparency

HR Analytics & Data

• · Using data to make better people decisions
• · What HR leaders need to know about compensation analytics
• · Building an HR analytics function without a big budget
• · Turning workforce data into executive-ready insights

AI in HR & Compensation

• · How AI is reshaping job architecture and pay bands
• · Privacy-first AI for sensitive compensation data
• · What AI can and cannot replace in HR decision-making
• · Workforce impact of AI — practical guidance for HR leaders

Job Architecture

• · Building scalable job families and career levels
• · Job architecture as the foundation of pay transparency
• · How to level jobs consistently across the organization
• · AI-assisted job architecture at mid-market scale

The Future of Work

• · Skills-based pay and the end of traditional job descriptions
• · How remote work changed compensation philosophy
• · Geographic pay policies that work in practice
• · What the next five years look like for HR practitioners