Rachel Lerner
Wed, 12/13/2023
A state judge in Los Angeles, California, certified a class of nearly 9,000 women who say that The Walt Disney Company paid them less than their male colleagues. The plaintiffs requested the judge certify a class of women employed by Disney in California in positions below the level of vice president between April 2015 and the present under the California Equal Pay Act. The plaintiffs also requested the judge certify a class under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, but the judge declined to do so.
The complaint alleges that Disney underpays its female employees, passes them over for promotions, piles on extra work without additional compensation, and does not supply sufficient support staff to allow women to succeed at their jobs. Further, an expert report prepared by an economics professor at University of California Irvine found that Disney paid women 2%, or at least $150 million less, than men in similar positions.
McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP represents workers who have been discriminated against, including based on their gender. If you believe you have been paid less than your male coworkers for equal work, contact us at info@mselaborlaw.com.
