As a seasoned gamer who has spent countless hours immersed in Disney worlds, I can’t help but feel a pang of disappointment upon hearing about this settlement. It seems that instead of creating magical experiences for its employees, Disney has been engaged in a less enchanting battle over pay equity.
Disney has settled a class action accusing it of rampant pay discrimination.
On both sides, it has been made clear to the court that they’ve reached a settlement for the case. The specifics of the agreement, however, remain undisclosed.
The parties involved have come up with a preliminary understanding, and are now diligently working on formalizing the details within a legal agreement known as a Settlement Agreement. Their lawyers, representing the plaintiffs and Disney, recently submitted this development to the court in September. They intend to submit a motion seeking approval of the settlement by Friday.
Judge Elihu M. Berle of the Los Angeles Superior Court has a preliminary hearing set for January 10th, during which he may potentially approve the settlement that was initially reported by Puck.
The lawsuit, filed in 2019, revolves around roughly 9,000 workers suing Disney for discrimination against female workers, who say they’re being paid less than their male counterparts for substantially similar work. It was brought by LaRonda Rasmussen, a longtime product development manager at Walt Disney Studios and Karen Moore, who has spent over two decades as a senior copyright administrator for Disney’s Hollywood Records. At the time, Disney denied allegations of pay bias across numerous corporate divisions in the class action seeking up to $300 million.
Last year, a significant milestone was reached in a lengthy legal dispute when a judge authorized a broad group of employees, spanning different departments such as movie production, record labels, theme parks, home distribution, and more – including broadcast and research & development – to collectively participate in the case. This class action is thought to be one of the largest ever brought under an Equal Pay Act claim. The collective includes women who were employed by Disney between April 2015 and three months before the trial (initially scheduled for May), and hold positions below that of vice president.
Newly disclosed documents have brought into question Disney’s assertions about fair pay for men and women. A manager named Nancy Dolan was denied a promotion to director despite her superior, the music division president Mitchell Leib, advocating for her in an email where he called her “priceless.” This occurred as per nearly 200 unsealed court records related to the case. In an email from 2020, a vice president of compensation, NaShawn Bacon, admitted to a “pay equity crisis.
Both sides didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
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2024-11-13 20:55