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Two Walt Disney Studios employees have filed a lawsuit claiming that Disney discriminates against female workers by paying them less than men.
The complaint, filed on behalf of two employees at Walt Disney Studios, LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore, asks for back pay, lost benefits and other compensation. The 21-page lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, (read it here) also names Walt Disney Pictures and Hollywood Records as defendants.
The first paragraph of the suit pretty much sums up its claims: “When it comes to paying women fairly, The Walt Disney Company, nearing its 100th, year, is woefully behind the times. Put simply, Disney refuses to pay its women employees equal to men doing the same work. In many instances, Disney is paying women workers tens of thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.”
Attorneys Lori Andrus and Jennie Lee Anderson of Andrus Anderson LLP in San Francisco are representing the plaintiffs in the case. The firm specializes in unequal pay cases for female employees, having battled Intel and Farmers Insurance in prior instances.
The suit also demands that Disney create internal programs that will “remedy the effects of Disneys past and present unlawful employment policies.” That includes adjusting salaries and benefits for other women and creating a task force that compiles reports on progress. The attorneys also requested that the case be certified as a class action.
“Women are fed up with being treated as cheap labor,” Ms. Andrus said. “We hope that this lawsuit will shed some light on the pay discrimination that Disney is subjecting its hard-working female employees to.”
Disney called the suit “meritless” and said it would “vigorously” defend against it. TheRead More – Source
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