Disney faces dramatic escalation in $150M+ gender discrimination & pay equity suit
Disney faces dramatic escalation in $150M+ gender discrimination & pay equity suit
- June 30, 2023
- David Neumark, economics, Deadline, June 30, 2023
-----
More than four years after Walt Disney Studios staffers LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore first filed a complaint accusing the Mouse House of discriminating against female workers by paying them less than men, attorneys for the duo and other women are today asking a California judge to allow them to turn the matter into a class-action suit. ... “There are 12,511 women employed at Disney in Covered Positions in the Class Period, for an average of 4.38 years,” says an expert report from economics [Distinguished] Professor David Neumark from the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit https://deadline.com/2023/06/disney-discrimination-lawsuit-pay-equity-class-action-bob-iger-1235427415/.
-----
Would you like to get more involved with the social sciences? Email us at communications@socsci.uci.edu to connect.
Related News Items
- Careet RightWhat to know about Oklahoma's proposed minimum wage increase
- Careet RightMark your calendars for CPIP's 2026-27 seminar and workshop series
- Careet RightEconomists have found an answer to slowing cognitive decline: avoid retiring early, study finds
- Careet RightReopening the minimum wage debate
- Careet RightYamaha HQ leaving California for Georgia