September 15, 2025
A California judge granted final approval Monday of Disney’s $43.25 million class action settlement with over 15,000 female midlevel managers over allegations the entertainment giant paid them less than their male colleagues.
At a morning hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle read aloud an order granting final approval of the settlement, which stems from a 2019 suit alleging that the company systematically paid female employees in California less than men for substantially similar jobs, regularly passed women over for promotion and loaded them with extra work without providing additional pay.
The class size is 15,241, according to the motion for final approval submitted by the class.
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The workers are represented by Lori Andrus of Andrus Anderson LLP, Joseph M. Sellers, Christine E. Webber and Phoebe Wolfe of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and James Kan and Stephanie E. Tilden of Dadrian Ho Kan & Lee.