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Disney To Pay Out $43M In Pay Equity Class Action Deal, Will Bring Outside Consultants Onboard To Check Practices


Now we know how much Disney is writing a check for to end the pay equity class action suit that has loomed over the company for over five years. Set to address the up to 14,000 eligible class members of Mouse House female employees past and present from 2015 to today, the Bob Iger-run fun […]

Set to address the up to 14,000 eligible class members of Mouse House female employees past and present from 2015 to today, the Bob Iger-run fun palace will be paying $43.25 million, according to papers filed in the LA Superior Court docket this afternoon. Far less than the $300 million it was estimated the case could balloon to once if was certified as a class action last December, the official compensation comes about six weeks after news broke of a quietly reached October settlement between Disney and the Lori Andrus represented plaintiffs. First filed in April 2019 by Disney staffers LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore and heading towards a May 2025 trial, the suit accused the Magic Kingdom of not being so kind with its cash based on gender as opposed to performance.

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