Disney Agrees To Pay $233M To Settle Class-Action Lawsuit By Disneyland Workers

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Disney has agreed to pay $233 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Disneyland workers, who claimed they were underpaid under an Anaheim law.

Under a measure approved in 2018 by voters in the Orange County city, Anaheim resort employers receiving city tax subsidies are required to pay employees at least $17 per hour.

Disneyland workers claimed their employers had refused to meet that legal obligation. A handful of workers making between $12 and $14.25 filed the initial suit, contending that Disney had received some $200 million in tax rebates in order to secure the construction of California Adventure, parking garages and other facilities.

As the case wound its way through the courts, Disney maintained it shouldn’t be subject to the requirements of the Anaheim law, arguing its language referred to tax rebates.