Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a statement on Monday.
As part of the settlement, Disney has agreed to retain a labor economist for three years to analyze pay equity among full-time, non-union California employees below the vice president level, and address differences, the three law firms representing the plaintiffs said.
