A California state court has granted final approval of a $233 million settlement between Walt Disney Co. and more than 51,000 Disneyland workers who alleged the entertainment company violated the city of Anaheim’s minimum wage ordinance.
The Disneyland living wage class action lawsuit was filed in December 2019 and alleged that Disney and a company that runs food services and a Starbucks at the Anaheim theme park underpaid workers in violation of the city’s 2018 ballot measure, Measure L.
Anaheim enacted Measure L, also known as the Living Wage Ordinance, in 2018. It applies to hospitality employers in the Anaheim or Disneyland Resort areas who benefited from city subsidies to pay employees at least $15 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2019. The minimum wage has since increased to $20.42 an hour.
Disneyland workers to receive $180M from settlement
The Disneyland workers will receive roughly $180 million from the settlement, the Disneyland class action lawsuit says…