Female Disney workers in California would receive $43.25 million to end their class action lawsuit over gender pay disparities under a proposed settlement.

If approved by a judge, the agreement would settle a 2019 lawsuit brought by an employee who said several men with her job title earned substantially more.

Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs' lawyers said in a statement on Monday.

Disney will pay $43 million to resolve claims that it underpaid women. The case sheds light on how commonly used compensation practices can perpetuate pay inequities.

The Walt Disney Company agreed to a $43.25 million settlement in a gender pay discrimination class action lawsuit, according to a court filing Monday. The agreement settles allegations initially

(CNN)– Disney is agreeing to pay $43 million to settle a gender-pay lawsuit. The case involves nearly 9 thousand women who claimed they received lower wages compared to their male counterparts. The worker who started the lawsuit said she did so after learning about a 20 thousand dollar pay gap with a less experienced colleague with the same title.

Disney is paying $43.25 million to settle a class action lawsuit that it paid women less than men, according to papers that filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday night. The suit was originally filed in 2019 by Disney staffers LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore,