Disney is paying $43.25 million to settle a class action lawsuit that it paid women less than men, according to papers that filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday night.
The suit was originally filed in 2019 by Disney staffers LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore, who said they were owed back pay and lost benefits from the media giant, and expanded to include 9,000 female staffers, according to Andrus Anderson. At issue: Women said they had been paid less than their male counterparts doing substantially similar work.
The compensation comes after Disney settled with plaintiffs represented by Andrus partner Lori Andrus in October.