Disney To Pay Out $43M In Pay Equity Class Action Deal; Mouse House To Bring Outside Consultants On Board To Check Practices

deadline.com:

Now we know how much Disney is writing a check for to end the pay equity class action suit that has loomed over the company for over five years.

Set to address the up to 14,000 eligible class members of Mouse House female employees past and present from 2015 to today, the Bob Iger-run fun palace will be paying $43.25 million, according to papers set filed in LA Superior Court docket later tonight.

Far less than the $300 million it was estimated the case could balloon to once if was certified as a class action last December, the official compensation comes a couple of weeks after news broke of a quietly reached October settlement between Disney and the Lori Andrus represented plaintiffs.

The whole matter was set to go to trial in May 2025. “We have always been committed to paying our employees fairly and have demonstrated that commitment throughout this case, and we are pleased to have resolved this matter,” a Disney spokesperson told Deadline today.