Disney Sued for Systematically Underpaying Female Employees

The Walt Disney Co. was hit with a class action lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the media giant routinely pays its male employees more than females.

Brought by the San Francisco-based firm Andrus Anderson LLP, the lawsuit seeks to represent all women employees of California’s Walt Disney Studios since 2015. According to the suit, Disney policies have a discriminatory effect on women, including how salaries are set for new hires, and accuses the company of failing to ensure women are paid the same as men for the same job.

“Like other companies that operate without transparency, consistency, and accountability, Disney’s leadership tends to value male workers more than female workers,” the suit reads. “Taken together, Disney’s compensation policies, procedures and practices are not valid, job-related, or justified by business necessity.”

Variety reports:

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In a statement, a Disney spokesman said the lawsuit “without merit” and vowed to “defend against it vigorously.”

The law firm has previously taken on filed gender pay discrimination suits against Intel and Farmers Insurance.