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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Carla St. Louis

Disney To Pay Thousands Of Female Employees To Settle Wage-Gap Lawsuit

TOKYO, JAPAN: Mickey Mouse (C) and other Walt Disney characters perform during the opening ceremony in Tokyo, 18 November 2003, to launch a 24-hour exclusive "Disney Channel" in Japan. (Credit: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

Disney has agreed to pay $43.25 million in compensation to settle a class action lawsuit over gender pay disparities.

The lawsuit, filed in 2019, accused Disney of violating the California Equal Pay Act by paying women less than their male employees with similar experience, reported Variety.

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