(Breitbart) Walt Disney reached an agreement to pay $43.3 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming its California female employees earned $150 million less than their male colleagues over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs’ attorneys confirmed on Monday.
A motion has been filed to seek approval of the settlement, which would cover a broad range of salaried Disney employees in California, Variety reports.
If the petition is granted, thousands of women who have worked for Disney since April 1, 2015, will receive checks to compensate for the wage disparity. The outlet notes: